Byron Wellness Community

On top of receiving a great overall score, this place also earned first-rate health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better scores in this category, with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

This nursing home is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 92.26361 percent of its patients, which is a few points less than we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. The nursing rating includes several datapoints, but the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we scored was short-term care. This facility was awarded a C in the category. In our short-term care rating, we seek to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.