Bethany at Silver Lake

Even though we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall score, it did receive a respectable nursing score of B-. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it scored well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

This nursing home's next best area was short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road score in this category. In determining these short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final metric we looked at 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 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

This facility was given its next highest category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this category, which is an acceptable grade. Our long-term care scores are essential for people looking for non-healthcare services such as personal care. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.64865 percent of its patients. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. For nursing homes with bad inspection ratings, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they posed a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.