Riverside Village Healthcare Center

Although we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B+ for our short-term care score. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this nursing home an B-. The nursing grade includes several subcategories. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This place provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of long-term care, with a grade of C. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinates 97.59036 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection rating. We gave it a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a facility's inspections. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. We suggest you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Lastly, we need to point out that this place received large government fines recently in excess of $50,000. This typically suggests that inspectors became frustrated after multiple years of bad government inspections.