Clara Manor Nursing Home

While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be more important for patients requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B. Nursing grades are largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning patients more often.

This nursing home's second lowest category was long-term care, where it earned just a D in that area. This is a well below average grade. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.66221 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

The final category we looked at was inspections. Unfortunately, this ended up being this facility's weakest link. We gave it a score of D in this area. Since this information is collected by government inspectors, we weight it heavily in our overall grade. Our inspection scores factor in many items found on the facility's inspection reports. When you find too many deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This particular nursing home had 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 7 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.