Antlers Manor

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in that area, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received a high-end long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's next highest category is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are critical for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

The last category we analyzed is nursing, is this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. This was one of the few dings of an otherwise strong profile. When calculating a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.