Pinnacle Multicare Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

In addition to being a strong facility overall, this place excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in that category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

This nursing home received an impressive long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B+. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 94.6791 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more positive scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. In our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Switching gears to the last area, this facility was given a C for nursing, which is generally an acceptable rating. Our nursing category is based on quite a few data points, many of which are associated with nursing hours. 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. Although this place ranked poorly in terms of the quantity of nursing care offered, it performed admirably in a few of our quality measures. It was above average in two of the major statistics we look at, with good scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.