Arlington Place Health Campus

The main reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with an A-. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was given positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our better grades in this area, with a grade of B. This proved to be the nursing home's second strongest score. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.

The final area we looked at is long-term care, which was this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this facility a D in that area. Of course, this score hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.