24th Place

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. In computing our nursing ratings, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. 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 facility excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

We were also pleasantly surprised to find that this facility received a decent short-term care rating this year. We awarded it a C in this area. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Interestingly, this facility's horrible overall score can't really be attributed to its government inspections. We awarded it a C for this category. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This indicates that inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent danger to patient safety or health. Lastly, we want to point out that this place has received government fines in recent years. Fortunately these were on the lower end of the spectrum. That said, this isn't what you want to see.

Moving on to our fourth area, this nursing home didn't fare well here either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.