Camelot Leisure Living

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is certainly a good sign for this nursing home.

Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category scores was in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B. It actually fared better than most facilities in this category. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 85.15284 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The third best area we gave this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a C. Short-term care scores are crucial for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

The last category we scored was nursing, which proved to be a weak spot for this facility. We awarded this facility a D in the area of nursing. Our nursing rating includes several components, many of which are based on nursing hours. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. This nursing home also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This nursing home was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this measure.