Bishop Care Center

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in this category, with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Another one of this nursing home's impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B+. In determining these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 6.2 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. Nursing scores are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving residents at least once a day.

The final area we rated was long-term care. We awarded it a B- in that area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.1982 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.