Citadel Post Acute

On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

This facility also received a very strong short-term care grade. In fact, this ended up being its second most impressive category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. In computing these short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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.

Switching gears to the fourth area, this nursing home was given a highly favorable long-term care rating. In fact, we gave it a B+ in that area, topping off one of our more impressive report cards. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.51691 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.