Cambridge Place

On top of being a quality facility overall, this nursing home especially excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was given a favorable long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.380806 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility also was given an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B in this area. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The next category we looked at was nursing. We gave this facility an acceptable grade in this area, with a B-. While this was not as strong as several of this facility's other grades, it is still not a major area of concern. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place.