Marshfield Health Services

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its high-end resume, this facility also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.02913 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next category we graded is short-term care. This facility was given a favorable short-term care score, with a B+ in this category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is generally a solid measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

The final area we scored was nursing. This nursing home received an impressive nursing grade this year, with a B-. Even though this was not quite as dominant as several of its other category grades, this is nevertheless an acceptable rating for this category. There are a number of subcategories included in this area. Many of the factors are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Finally, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused metrics. We especially like to look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these issues.