Cascade Manor

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an A in our long-term care category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.5 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving residents more frequently.

Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home also performed well in the short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a B+ for that area. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Short-term care scores are important for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.