Arbor Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest grades. With our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Adding to its impressive profile, this nursing home also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. When determining a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents more often.

The final category we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very good long-term care rating in our assessment, with a B. This nursing home truly doesn't have any weak grades. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.