Altercare of Wadsworth

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

We also awarded this nursing home a decent score in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of C. In calculating our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely impacted quality of care. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

This facilities third best category is long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is basically a slightly below average grade in this category. In computing our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the assistance with daily living offered to a nursing home's residents. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.55596 percent of its residents. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The final category we assessed was nursing, ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. In calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we consider the number of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.