Bailey-Boushay House

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home fared even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspections. We gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this nursing home's other strengths is its elite long-term care score. It received one of our best grades in that area, with a score of A-. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 96.460175 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. In our short-term care score, we seek to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The final area we assessed was nursing. This nursing home was given a strong nursing rating this year, with a B. This facility truly didn't have any weaknesses. Our nursing grade analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.