Arbor Grace Wellness Center

Although we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it earned a relatively impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our more favorable grades in that category with a B+. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with too many severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Unfortunately, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its long-term care score, which was actually one of its more favorable category scores. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 78.52761 percent of its patients, which is somewhat alarming. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

The next category we analyzed is short-term care. This nursing home's received an abysmal short-term care grade where it was given a lowly F. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Based on its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this place was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The last item we assessed in this category 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 metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.

Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home really didn't perform well in this category either. With an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is really as bad as it gets. There are a variety of criteria included in this area. Most of these data points reflect nurse staffing. This place averaged only 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.