Accura Healthcare of Pleasantville

This nursing home received a nursing score which is stronger than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. In calculating our nursing grades, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning patients more frequently.

This nursing home also was given a positive grade in our short-term care category. We gave this facility a better than average grade of B in that category. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

This facilities third best area was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a slightly below average grade in this area. In the area of long-term care, we focus more on the amount of care offered by a facility, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 93.85475 percent of its patients. This is slightly lower than we expected but still a respectable figure. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Looking to our last category of inspections, we gave this facility a just D, which is a relatively poor grade. Our inspection rating is based on the facility's inspections. Since this data is compiled by government inspectors, we place significant weight on it in our overall grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This usually signifies that a bad track record spanned several years.