Arbors at Oregon

Although we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our more favorable scores in that area with a B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Despite this deficiency, this place still had a relatively positive inspection report.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an F. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This facility wound up receiving a a terrible grade in our short-term care category. It was given an F in this category. Short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Based on its poor score in this category, we were not shocked to find that this facility offered significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

The next category we graded is long-term care, where this nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade in this category also. It received a lowly F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.