Chalet Living & Rehab

Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that have a long list of deficiencies. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

We also gave this nursing home a solid grade in the area of long-term care, with a grade of C. Long-term care grades are generally used to measure a nursing home's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After considering the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 88.41642 percent of its residents for pneumonia. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. Our nursing rating is based on a number of factors. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. With just 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we graded is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this category, which is an abysmal score. In computing these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Given its grade in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.