Beaver Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we want to point out its much more favorable nursing grade this year. We gave it a B+ in this category, which was much better than its overall grade. The nursing score is based on many factors. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In addition, we gave this facility a B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our more favorable grades. Our short-term care ratings are vital for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home 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 item we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it only received a grade of D for its inspection grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a threat to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also want to point out that this facility was assessed significant government fines recently of more than $50,000. This often signifies that inspectors became fed up after several years of bad health inspections.

The last category we rated was long-term care. It received an F in this category, which is a poor score. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 93.91892 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.