Cheyenne Manor

In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best scores in this area with a grade of A. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have information on deficiency's for this nursing home. We wish we had more information about this facility. Without the information regarding deficiencies, it is a challenge to fully assess the place in the area of inspections.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing score consists of several components, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a patient more often.

We also want to alert you to the fact that this facility received a high-end grade of A- in our short-term care area. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

The final area we assessed is long-term care. This facility was awarded an above average long-term care rating this year, with a grade of B-. While this isn't quite as strong as many of its other scores, this is still a decent rating in that category. For residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.039215 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.