Caremeridian-Buffalo

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this proved to be its best category. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of A. Nursing scores are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.

In addition, this facility also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Turning to our third category, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. For residents seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 60.60606 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In the final category we graded, this nursing home was given a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home completed a very impressive report card. Short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.