Applewood Center

On top of receiving an elite overall grade, this facility received an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. It doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its first-rate assessment, this facility also was given a dominant short-term care score, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care grades are believed to be more meaningful for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The third area we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was given an impressive long-term care grade, with a B+ in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.79032 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In the last category we graded, this nursing home received an impressive grade grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility wrapped up a very strong report card. The nursing rating considers a host of factors. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.