Cashmere Care Center

In addition to earning a great overall grade, this nursing home also received an elite nursing score. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A. The nursing grade assesses many datapoints, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility was awarded a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 95.89041 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The third area we graded is short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average short-term care score, with a B in the area. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Moving on to the final category of inspections, this was not one of this facility's better grades. Inspection grades are based on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. We gave this facility a grade of C in this category. Inspection scores are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This facility was assessed 10 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This means that it dodged the more serious classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.