Canton Christian Home

It should also be noted that this facility's inspection rating outpaced its overall score. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for its inspections grade, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

We also gave this facility a strong grade in short-term care. This facility received a grade of B in this area, which is one of our more impressive grades. In crafting these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. There are quite a few criteria included in this area. Many of these criteria relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. 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. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. For this category, we gave this facility a C. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 95.360825 percent of its patients, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.