Coldwater Manor

Coldwater Manor is a facility located in Stratford, Texas, which has a population of 2,366 people. Featuring an overall rating of A, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Headlining this nursing home's stellar profile is its nursing grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses spend with patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. This is one of the better totals of nursing hours we found. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this facility also performed well in many of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering falls which lead to major injury, this place outpaced the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility has earned near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Few facilities fared better in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered in addition to this nursing home's above average nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.7 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

In the final category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. This completed a very impressive report card. With our short-term care grade, we endeavor to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.