Carriage House Manor

One of the reasons this turned out to be a strong nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection score. Inspections turned out to be its best category. In this area, we awarded it an A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also awarded this facility a score of A for our long-term care grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The third area we graded was short-term care, where this facility received a B- in this area. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

The last area we graded is nursing, which is this facility's least impressive category. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is obviously somewhat concerning. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.