Bethel Manor

On top of performing well in its overall score, this facility received a first-rate nursing rating. We gave it an A in that category. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses spent with residents, in computing our rating in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.

Turning the page to our next category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a very strong score. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Switching gears to the last area, this facility also performed admirably in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for this category. This completed truly elite profile. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.