All American Nursing Home

While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Surprisingly, we awarded this facility a grade of B- for our long-term care rating, which isn't too bad of a score. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.40239 percent of its residents, which is an above average figure. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in computing our grade in this area. This facility averaged only 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

The last category we assessed is short-term care. We gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is a rock bottom grade. Our short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Based on its poor grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this place offers substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.