Aspen Rehab & Health Care

One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing actually ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. In calculating a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility also excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range which received multiple category grades this high. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

We also gave this facility a middle of the road score in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are critical for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

Turning to the next area, this nursing home was given a decent long-term care rating. Even though this wasn't as impressive as many of its other category grades, this is really not a terrible score. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.07407 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, 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.