Ceres Postacute Care

It should also be noted that this facility's inspection score outpaced its overall grade. In fact, we gave it a B+ for its inspections grade, which is a very solid score. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility also was awarded an impressive long-term care score. In fact, we gave them a grade of B in that area, which is one of our better. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.28058 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. The nursing rating weighs a variety of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, while this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this area.

The next area we assessed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the figures we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.