North Chandler Place

On top of earning a strong overall rating, this nursing home performed well in our inspections category, which is based on its recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an A for that area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To complement its impressive performance in other areas, we gave this facility a score of A- for its short-term care grade. In determining these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This facility also was given a very strong long-term care score. This actually ended up being its third most impressive category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A-. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 56.97674 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Moving on to the next area, this nursing home also performed well in the nursing category. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category. This wrapped up truly elite profile. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are with residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.