Allay Health and Rehab

Although we were not high on this nursing home's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that area with a B. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid places that have a long list of deficiencies. Unfortunately, this facility was assessed a category L deficiency, which is unexpected given its inspection grade. This category of deficiency indicates inspectors identified a widespread deficiency putting resident health or safety in immediate jeopardy. While other aspects of this nursing home's inspection report were favorable, we have some reservations.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B-. Our nursing score includes several subcategories, but the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. According to CMS records, this nursing home averaged 5.6 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Keep in mind that when we calculate our nursing ratings, we apply more weight to hours performed by nurses with a higher level of training. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this area. Avoiding major falls is usually an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

This nursing home was given its third highest category grade in the area of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area, which is a respectable score. In determining these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. We were extremely impressed to find that this facility offers its residents substantially more physical therapist hours than most other nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed better than most facilities in this area with 49.2 percent of its residents returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

This nursing home's weakest category is long-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. In this area, we awarded this facility a D. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. One of the data points we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 93.023254 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.