Brookside Inn

On top of its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 53.448277 percent of its patients against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. We were not able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are several subcategories included in this area. Most of the subcategories relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The final area we graded is short-term care. This nursing home was given a favorable nursing grade this year, with a B. Although this was not as elite as many of its other grades, this remains one of the more favorable scores for that area. Short-term care grades are generally employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.