Bayberry Nursing Home

One of the reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important area. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies 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.

This facility also was dominant in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Very few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 96.236565 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last area we graded is short-term care. This facility was awarded a very good nursing grade this year, with a B. Even though this isn't as strong as many of its other scores, this remains one of our better scores for that category. In computing 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 types of therapists. This grade is frequently a reliable measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 3.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.