Delmar Center

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection score outpaced its overall score. We awarded it a grade of B+ for its inspections rating, which is one of our better scores. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally positive view of this nursing home's inspections.

This facility's next best category turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B-. Short-term care scores are meaningful for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. There are a host of factors included in this grade. Many of these datapoints relate to staffing levels. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.

The next category we scored is long-term care, which was this facility's least impressive area. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. Nursing homes that do not score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated just 90.881454 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.