Center at Waterfront

In addition to being an elite facility overall, this nursing home also performed well in our inspections category, where it earned a grade of A+. Very few facilities fared as well in this area. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also was strong in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this category. In computing our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is frequently a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The third category we assessed was long-term care. Adding to its superb resume, this nursing home also excelled in that area. In fact, it received a grade of of A- in that category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided vaccination data. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The last area we rated is nursing. This nursing home was awarded a very good nursing rating in our assessment, with a B-. Even though this isn't quite as elite as some of its other scores, this remains an acceptable score for this category. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused statistics. We like to look at the percent of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these problems.