Bonham Nursing Center

Bonham Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Stillwater, Pennsylvania. With an overall grade of B+, this is a very good nursing home. This place truly has plenty of good features. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

One of the reasons this place is a quality facility is that it received an impressive inspection rating. Inspections is its best category. In that category, we awarded it an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its top-shelf long-term care score. It received one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.86 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. In computing our nursing grades, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

The next category we assessed turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of C in short-term care. Our short-term care grade is generally used to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 22.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this is below average.