Carrollton Health and Rehabilitation Center

This facility's overall score was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it a strong score in that category, with a B+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

This nursing home's least impressive area is short-term care, which is the final category we assessed. For this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of just D. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Considering its abysmal rating in this area, we were not stunned to discover that this place offered far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.