Care One at King James

In addition to receiving an elite overall score, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection grade. This score is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

This facility performed well in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our most favorable scores. In our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

The next category we looked at is long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of C. This ended up being this facility's least impressive area. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.260864 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.