Bethany Home

We awarded this nursing home one of our higher grades in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. This is notably better than the nursing home's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our short-term care ratings are probably most meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. Nursing scores are primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 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 facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This facility earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it earned one of our better grades in that category with a score of B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. 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.

Switching gears to the last area, we gave this nursing home a D for our long-term care category. This was the facility's worst category grade. Naturally, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 99.59514 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.