Christian Care Nursing Center

While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we wanted to note its decent government inspections in recent years. We gave it a somewhat respectable score of B- in that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we gave this nursing home an B-. Our nursing grade weighs several components, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

We also gave this nursing home a solid score in the category of short-term care, with a grade of B-. Our short-term care grades are arguably most meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

The final area we rated was long-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in that area. In crafting these long-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's personal care services. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.