Allegiant Healthcare of Mesa

On top of a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received a favorable long-term care score this year. In fact, we gave them one of our better scores in that category, with a B+. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.190475 percent of its patients, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

In addition, this nursing home also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on its recent government inspections. We gave it an B+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection grades are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to the third category, this facility also earned a score of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. In computing these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Our next area is nursing, in which we awarded this facility a C in this area. In calculating our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this area.