Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Even though this place's overall score was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in short-term care. We gave it a B- for that category, which isn't bad. Unfortunately, this was not enough to salvage its overall profile. Our short-term care scores are considered to be most meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this place's strengths is registered nurse hours. This nursing home provides more care from registered nurses to its residents than most nursing homes. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B-. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are with residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is well below average. Lastly, we also baked some quality measures into our nursing grades. This facility was subpar in two of the major metrics we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are typically measures of the quality of nursing care available.

We wanted to draw your attention to this place's inspection grade where it received an F. For places that received this bad of an inspection grade, we would scrutinize any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility was assessed one category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst deficiencies. This generally means that the government inspectors identified a deficiency which puts resident health or safety in imminent jeopardy. Finally, we would like to point out that this place received large government fines recently of more than $100,000. This typically suggests that a nursing home's bad track record spanned several years.

The final category we assessed was long-term care. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is often a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 86.32478 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is quite a bit less than the national average. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.8 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place did not fare as well as the average nursing home.