Care and Rehabilitation Center at Glacier Hills

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. The nursing rating weighs many components, but the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning residents more frequently.

This nursing home was given dominant marks in the category of short-term care. As a result, it was given one of our most impressive grades in that category with a score of A+. Our short-term care scores are critical for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Furthermore, this nursing home also earned impressive government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

The last category we assessed is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a decent grade of C. This actually ended up being this nursing home's worst category. In calculating our long-term care grades, we size up the assistance with daily living received by the facility's patients. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.