Advance Health Care of Scottsdale

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important category. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an exemplary grade of A+ in this category. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most important for individuals requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 7.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The next area we assessed was long-term care. Contributing to its first-rate profile, this nursing home also performed well in that area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A for the category. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. It does not look like this nursing home submitted data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The fourth area we graded is nursing, where this nursing home was awarded an A-. This completed a very strong report card. Not many facilities earned an A- or higher in each of our categories. When determining our nursing grades, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.