Altercare of Mayfield Village

To go along with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our nursing category weighs a handful of factors, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility also performed well in inspections. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that area with a score of B+. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in short-term care. This nursing home received a B in this category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. Our short-term care ratings are likely more important for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This facility's weakest category is long-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this area. In spite of several decent grades in other areas, this grade is still of a concern so we felt obligated to point it out. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 70.833336 percent of its patients. This is many points lower than average. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.