Bentley Healthcare

In addition to having a decent overall grade, we also wanted to note that this facility received favorable nursing marks this year. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the facility's top score. The nursing category assesses several subcategories, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a patient more frequently.

We also gave this nursing home a positive score in short-term care. This nursing home received a B in this area, which is one of our more favorable grades. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This facility also received favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. This grade is also better than the facility's overall score. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A few minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

The last category we assessed is long-term care. We gave it a B- in that area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.