Amberwood Manor

While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it didn't perform terribly in our short-term care category. We gave it a grade of B- for that category, which isn't bad. Unfortunately, this was not enough to spare its overall profile. Our short-term care scores are likely more important for individuals requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Interestingly, this nursing home's terrible overall score can't really be attributed to its government inspection reports. We gave it a C for inspections. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. We analyzed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in determining our score in this area. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last area we scored is long-term care, in which this facility received an abysmal score in this category as well. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is definitely a major disappointment. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is often a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated only 82.57576 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.