Bon Secours Depaul,Tcc

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

An additional reason we assessed this facility so highly is that it received an A+ short-term care score. This is simply as elite as it gets in this area. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 7.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. There are a variety of criteria within this category. Most of these criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.7 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the last area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its long-term care score. This wrapped up a very strong profile. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided information on its vaccination levels. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.