Aftenro Home

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care grade. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.46154 percent of its residents, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Another one of this facility's above average category grades came in the category of short-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that category, with a score of B+. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating weighs a handful of components, most of which are based on nursing hours. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the last category we assessed, this nursing home received a decent grade in inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a grade of B- for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home received 10 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.