Boulevard Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Home

Boulevard Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Home is an average-sized nursing home located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This is a great facility. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. Impressively, the facilities in Murfreesboro received high grades across the board, making this one of the better places in Tennessee to find a nursing home. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to resident safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With below 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the state in this category.

The third category we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very positive long-term care grade, with a B+ in the category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After assessing the significant amount of nursing hours provided by this facility, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 3.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this figure may be skewed for some facilities due to some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.

The last category we scored is short-term care. We awarded this nursing home an acceptable grade in this area, with a C. Even though this was not as favorable as a few of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. Our short-term care ratings are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 40 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.