Central Valley Specialty Hospital - Special Nursing Facility

In addition to a strong overall score, this nursing home also received a favorable nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it one of our better scores in this category, with a B+. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning residents more frequently.

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to our third category, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The last area we analyzed is short-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in this area, with a grade of B. This facility turned out to be very solid across the board. In determining these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. It does not look like this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.