A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care

This facility's nursing rating is notably more impressive than its overall score. Due to a strong performance in this category, it earned one of our better scores in that category with a B+. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an B+. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.

The next category we assessed was short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Switching gears to our last area, this facility was awarded an acceptable long-term care score of B-. In the category of long-term care, we analyze the amount of care offered by a facility, rather than more medically-intensive services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 95.66474 percent of its patients, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.