Brandel Manor

Brandel Manor is one of five available nursing homes in Turlock, California. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective patients. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this facility. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.

This facility received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially want to point out its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Inspection grades are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score is primarily associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the more impressive totals we found. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it fared as well as any nursing home California when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care offered.

The third area we assessed was short-term care. This facility received an above average short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in this category. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. This facility performed much better in the final datapoint we looked at in this category, which was the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 60.8 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

In the final category we assessed, this nursing home was given an impressive grade grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility rounded out a first-rate report card. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered after this facility's quality nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.66 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.