Christian Home and Rehab Center

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. There are a host of factors included in this area. Many of the criteria relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This facility has earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Additionally, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded it one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B. Short-term care grades are critical for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

The next category we scored is long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. Believe it or not, this ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when their poorest grade still outperforms most nursing homes. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.23009 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.