Bradford County Manor

The main reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far better than its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility'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 category usually have few severe deficiencies. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility's long-term care score appears to be one of its higher scores. The facility was awarded a grade of B- in this area. In our long-term care category, we weigh the sheer volume of services provided by a facility, as well as a handful of quality statistics. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We discovered that this facility vaccinated just 76.190475 percent of its residents, which is quite a bit lower than we expected. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing score includes a host of factors. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients more often.

The next category we rated was short-term care. This nursing home received a C for the category. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.