Advanced Care Center of Butler

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. It does not appear that we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Compounding its impressive performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our long-term care rating. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On the whole this looks like a good option for long-term care.

This nursing home is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this area. With our short-term care rating, we seek to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. This place excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average nursing home. This is generally a very favorable sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

In the final category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for our nursing rating. This wrapped up a very impressive profile. Our nursing score assesses a handful of data points, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 11.7 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the more impressive totals we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in the state in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.