Alderwood Manor

We wanted to point out that this nursing home' short-term care score outperformed its overall score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for short-term care. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an B+ in nursing. Nursing grades are primarily based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients more frequently.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. Our long-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of nursing care. This means a vast range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.45652 percent of its residents, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it just a just D in this category. Inspection ratings relate to a facility's government inspection reports. Our inspection ratings factor in many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you see severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This facility was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 7 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.