Ashford Gardens

Although we were not complementary of this nursing home's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that area with a B+. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing score is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

This facility's next best category ended up being long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 99.375 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The final category we analyzed is short-term care. This facility received an abysmal grade of F in this area. Short-term care scores are crucial for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its score in this category, we were not surprised to learn that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Frankly, this was about what we expected to find. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care score.