Cedar Hills Geriatric Center

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for its long-term care rating, which really isn't too bad of a score. Our long-term care grades are more critical for residents needing more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home gave the vaccine to a relatively low 70.46264 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Another concern is the F this facility was given in the category of short-term care. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents 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 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Moving on to the final area, this facility really did not perform very well in this category either. With a very poor grade of F in nursing, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. There are numerous criteria within this area. Many of these subcategories reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these data points to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.