Avantara Arlington

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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.

Among this facility's other achievements is its high-end short-term care score. We gave them one of our best scores in that area, with a grade of A-. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is more often than not a reliable measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing grade includes quite a few subcategories, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home was given an extremely favorable long-term care score. This facility did not end up having any identifiable weaknesses. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.24561 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.