We were able to find only one nursing home in Waianae, Hawaii. We were relieved to discover that its only nursing home received a phenomenal overall grade of A-. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Wahiawa. We found the facility in Waianae to be in a totally different league than most of the nursing homes in Wahiawa. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this city's nursing home performed spectacularly well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for short-term care, which is one of our highest scores. Short-term care grades are typically employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This nursing home also performed remarkably well in our nursing category. In fact, it earned an A. In our final two categories, the city received middle of the road grades in our inspections and long-term care categories respectively.