Fairmont Rehabilitation and Wellness

While this nursing home's overall grade is not a highlight, it actually received a somewhat respectable score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a grade of B- for that area, which is not bad. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Nursing grades are mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.

This facility's third most favorable category turned out to be its short-term care score, where it was given a B-. In our short-term care category, we strive to craft a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Switching gears to the final category, this facility received a decent long-term care score of B-. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinates 98.21883 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.