Brian Center Hlth & Rehab

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

We also wanted to note that this nursing home received an B in our nursing category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident daily. At least one fourth of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. In calculating our grades, we apply additional weight to care provided by more highly trained nurses such as registered nurses. 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 avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

We also gave this facility a decent grade in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be more meaningful for those in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it performed decently in this area, with 47 percent of its residents returning home.

The final category we scored was long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this area. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 94.93671 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 3.32 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of patients.