Canterbury Woods

On top of faring well overall, this nursing home also received nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A+. Inspection ratings are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 94 percent of its patients, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. The nursing score weighs a number of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a patient more frequently.

The next area we assessed is this nursing home's weakest category. However, even its weakest link would likely be a strength for most facilities. In fact, we gave it a strong grade of B in our short-term care category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.