Alexandria Care Center

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Our inspection grades are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

We also gave this nursing home a respectable score in the area of short-term care, where it received a B-. Our short-term care ratings are important for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This facility was awarded its third most favorable category grade in the area of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category, which is a respectable grade. In computing our long-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's personal care services. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 95.364235 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The last area we scored is nursing. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. The nursing rating weighs quite a few components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most facilities. Lastly, although this place got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this metric.