Bradford Village

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 grade. In the inspections category, we gave this facility a grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facilities second best category is short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It scored well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.

The next area we scored was long-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a D in this area. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.