Brookdale Richmond Heights

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave it a high-end short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. With our short-term care grade, we seek to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home a grade of D. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

The last category we analyzed is long-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's worst area. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is clearly a major concern. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We discovered that this facility provided the vaccine to only 48.039215 percent of its residents, which is not a very encouraging sign. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.