Alden Estates of Northmoor

This nursing home earned an inspection grade which is better than its overall score. Inspection grades are based on the facility's recent government inspections. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B+ in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B-. In computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.

The next category we analyzed was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B- in this category. In computing our long-term care ratings, we analyze the assistance with daily living received by the nursing home's residents. One of the datapoints we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 91.5683 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The final category we looked at was short-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest category. We awarded this facility a D in this area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is more often than not a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. As you might expect, we found that this place offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.8 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below the national average.