Abcm Rehab Centers of Independence East Campus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A-. Nursing ratings are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next category we assessed was long-term care. Contributing to its high-end profile, this nursing home also performed well in this category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A- for the area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.13793 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.14 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The final category we analyzed turned out to be this facility's poorest area. Nevertheless, even its lowest point would likely be a strength for most nursing homes. We awarded it a strong grade of B for short-term care. Short-term care scores are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.