Briarfield Place

To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspection category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. We were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To add to its dominant performance in other areas, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its long-term care grade. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. This facility clearly performed favorably enough in these measures to earn an encouraging grade in this category.

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. This facility was awarded a very positive short-term care score, with a grade of B+ in this area. Our short-term care grade is often used to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The fourth area we scored was nursing, where this nursing home received a grade of B+. This finished off a first-rate profile. Few facilities received a B+ or higher in all four categories. Our nursing grade assesses many data points, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.