Bridgeport Manor

One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A-. We looked at the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with residents, in determining our rating in this category. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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.

This nursing home also performed well in inspections. It earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best grades in that category with a score of B+. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor dings aren't the end of the world.

Additionally, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded it one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a score of B+. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Moving on to the final category, this nursing home was given a C in long-term care, which is generally an acceptable score. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.68073 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.