Arbor Walk Healthcare Center

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

In addition, we also wanted to note that this nursing home received strong long-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our better scores in this area, with a grade of B. This proved to be the nursing home's second best score. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 98.765434 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Finally, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

The last category we analyzed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's worst category. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is certainly concerning. Our short-term care grades are vital for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care score.