Aspen Ridge Transitional Rehab

On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections were virtually perfect. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility was given quality marks in the area of short-term care. As a result, it received one of our most impressive scores in that area with a score of A+. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This place excelled at the highest level in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It provided about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average nursing home. This is a great sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 71.5 percent of its patients returning home.

Turning our third category, we gave this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. This is a superb rating. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In the last category, this nursing home also was given an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. This completed an elusive straight A report card. There are a host of subcategories within this grade. Most of these subcategories relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an incredible 5.8 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home in Utah in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided.