Cherry Brook Health Care Cente

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this place also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our best scores in this category, with an A. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. We were not able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Without the information regarding deficiencies for this facility, it ended up being challenging to fully assess it in the area of inspections.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Our short-term care grades are probably most important for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This facility is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this category. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were not able to track down information on vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The last area we analyzed is nursing. This nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in the area. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is far below average. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in some quality-focused statistics. We especially look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these issues.