Bowdle Nursing Home

We also wanted to point out that this facility has earned nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that area. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.58064 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we consider the amount of time nurses commit to patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Switching gears to the final category, this nursing home also performed well in the short-term care category. We gave it a grade of B+ in that category. This wrapped up a very strong profile. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most important for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.