Colby Operator

While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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 with this deficiency, this nursing home still received a relatively favorable inspection report.

Among this facility's several rock-bottom grades was its F in the category of long-term care. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Another concern is the F this facility was given in the area of short-term care. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. With a score of this caliber in this category, we weren't shocked to discover this nursing home was well below average in several staffing areas we looked at. It supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this nursing home's short-term care grade.

The last category we scored was nursing. This facility was given an abysmal grade of F in that category. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the amount of time nurses are with residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. This place also had abysmal marks in several of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this statistic. This is quite alarming when you consider that many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of earning a very poor nursing grade.