Advanced Health Care of Paradise

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our short-term care category. In computing these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This facility excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility offered about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical facility. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This place boasts a really impressive 6.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home in the state in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. Our inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

The next category we rated was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of B-. This actually ended up being this facility's weakest area. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Lastly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.