Caremeridian

Caremeridian is in the large metropolitan area of Reno, Nevada. This proved to be an A rated facility. It received one of the highest grades that we offer. A grade in this range requires superb scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as one of the 25 best facilities in Nevada. This nursing home also received consistently good scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

One of the reasons this place turned out to be a quality nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important area. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. It doesn't look like we have deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its first-rate accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for its long-term care score. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Overall this looks like a good option for long-term care.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. The nursing rating analyzes many subcategories, however, the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning patients more often.

In the final category we rated, this nursing home received an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility completed a very favorable report card. With our short-term care score, we seek to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It doesn't look like this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.