Betsy Ross Nursing Rehabilitation Center

While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it earned a very impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our more favorable grades in that area with a B. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a list of deficiencies flagged. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Moving on to the area of long-term care, this nursing home received a grade of just D in that category. Unfortunately, this proved to be one of its best areas. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Moving on to the category of short-term care, this facility was awarded a grade of just D in this category. Short-term care ratings are vital for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With a grade this poor in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this place was well below average in several staffing figures we assess. The nursing home supplied significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Finally, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Switching gears to our last category, this nursing home didn't fare very well in this category either. With a rock bottom grade of F in nursing, this is about as bad as it gets. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This facility averaged a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor marks in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both of these statistics. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These statistics helped pull down this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.