Bermuda Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

While we were not very complementary of this nursing home's overall score, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities with severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Turning to the area of short-term care, this facility was awarded a grade of just D in that category. As it turns out, this ended up being its second best grade. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. With a grade this poor for this area, we were not stunned to find that this nursing home was below average in several staffing figures we assess. The facility supplied significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.

This nursing home ended up receiving a a very poor grade in our long-term care area. It received an F in this area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.55173 percent of its patients, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

The next category we rated is nursing. We gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is a very poor grade. The nursing grade is based on a number of subcategories. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. On top of ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor marks in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both of these data points. This is a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.