Montage Hills

On top of faring well overall, this facility received even higher grades in the category of short-term care. In fact, it earned one of our best scores in that category with a score of A. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing score is mostly associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning to another of this facility's strengths, it also received a very impressive inspection rating. In that category, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of A-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

The last area we assessed is nursing, ended up being this nursing home's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. This was one of the few weak points of a very solid report card. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility vaccinated 96.77419 percent of its patients, which is a very solid figure. To our surprise, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.