Cedarcrest Care Center

On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses spend with residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we analyzed is short-term care. This facility received a very positive short-term care grade, with a grade of B in the area. Short-term care ratings are crucial for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Turning to the fourth area, this facility was given a decent long-term care score of B-. 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 patients. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit concerned this nursing home provided the vaccine to only 86.28319 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.