Cobble Hill Health Center

On top of being a strong facility overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 92.649574 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a bit less than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our higher scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

The final category we assessed is nursing. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in that area. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of factors, however, the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared with most other nursing homes. Lastly, our nursing ratings also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.