Clayton Nursing and Rehab

On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly flawless. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility received a favorable short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B. Our short-term care ratings are arguably most critical for residents in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The final category we scored was nursing, where this nursing home was given a grade of B-. This is this nursing home's least impressive area. This is still not a bad grade. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, our nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.