Bay Tree Center

Although we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing rating this year. We gave it a grade of C in this area. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This place averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is a very low figure. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this statistic. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents at least once a day.

Interestingly, this nursing home's awful overall score can't really be attributed to its inspection reports. We gave it a grade of C for inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. This nursing home had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This indicates inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Incredibly, we awarded this facility a C for its long-term care score, which is not a bad grade. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 71.895424 percent of its residents. This is many points lower than average. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Switching gears to our next category, this nursing home was given a C for short-term care, which is a decent rating. In computing these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.