Alcester Care and Rehab Center

This nursing home really performed well in the category of long-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A. Few facilities fared better in this category. If it wasn't for this area, this facility's overall score would have been lower. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 95.833336 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

The last area we assessed was nursing. This nursing home was given a grade of C for this area. Our nursing grade includes several factors, however, the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.