Arbor Acres

On top of faring well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Therefore, it earned one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this facility's other strengths is its dominant long-term care score. We awarded them one of our strongest grades in that area, with a grade of A. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. This facility really knocked it out of the park in this area.

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided just 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Finally, nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.

The next category we assessed was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B-. This actually was this nursing home's worst area. This is nevertheless not a bad grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is generally a fair assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.