Betz Nursing Home

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor dings aren't the end of the world.

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. There are a variety of criteria included in this category. Most of the datapoints relate to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients at least once a day.

Switching gears to the last category, we awarded this facility a grade of D in the area of long-term care. This is the facility's weakest category grade. Sadly, this score hurt the facility's overall grade to some degree. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 91.459076 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.