Arbors at Sylvania

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This facility also was awarded a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average grade of B in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facility's third highest category was its short-term care score, where it was given a B-. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Turning to our last area, this nursing home was awarded a B- for nursing, which is generally an acceptable rating. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Finally, nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.