Richland Nursing & Rehab

We would like to point out that this nursing home's inspection grade exceeded its overall score. This facility earned a B+ in this category, which is a quality score. Inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility's long-term care grade is one of its best grades. The nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in this category. Our long-term care grades are more important for individuals needing more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 92.13115 percent of its residents, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. There are quite a few factors within this category. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients at least once a day.

The final area we graded is short-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Our short-term care scores are probably most critical for people in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we learned that this place provides far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.