Bentley Healthcare

To go along with its relatively modest overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This grade is far better than the facility's overall rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned an B. Our nursing rating is largely associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next category we assessed is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this area. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

The next category we analyzed is long-term care, which is this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. Unfortunately, this category hurt the nursing home's overall profile a bit. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 96.62921 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.