Amelia Manor Nursing Home

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A+. This is a notably better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection scores are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility's second highest area came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Long-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's amount of nursing services. This means a vast range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 97.34513 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Unfortunately, this nursing home only received a D for its short-term care rating, which is not a score to write home about. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Given its score in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.

Turning to the fourth area, this facility didn't fare well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this was its poorest category grade. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility offered only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.