Belhaven Senior Care

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our nursing score focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that area, which is one of our highest scores. This is one of the few facilities with an overall score in this range which received multiple category grades this high. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This facility is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this area. In our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

In our final area, this facility also was given an impressive long-term care score, with a B+. This topped off a very impressive report card. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.