Allegiant Wellness and Rehab

On top of faring well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Therefore, it earned one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. We were not able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To add to its top-shelf achievements in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for our long-term care rating. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. This facility knocked it out of the park in this category.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. The nursing category includes many datapoints, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Turning to our final category, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable short-term care grade. Although this is not quite as impressive as some of its other scores, this remains one of the stronger scores we offer. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.