Bonnie Brae Convalescent Hospital

One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing actually ended up being its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing ratings are largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 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 place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving patients at least once a day.

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

This facility is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B. It performed better than most facilities in this area. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

The last area we assessed was long-term care. In this area, we gave this facility a favorable grade of B. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 88.3041 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.