Brookside Rehabilitation and Wellness

We also would like to emphasize that this nursing home has earned nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we were not able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Compounding its impressive achievements in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- for our long-term care rating. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Overall this looks like a good option in terms of its long-term care rating.

The next area we graded was short-term care. This facility was awarded a favorable short-term care grade, with a B+ in the area. Short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

In the last area, this facility also was given a first-rate nursing grade, with a B+. This finished off a very strong profile. Our nursing score is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.