Coldwater Manor

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating includes a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This facility boasts a really impressive 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. This is one of the highest totals of nursing hours we were able to find. In addition to providing impressive levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in the state in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Contributing to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also received a first-rate short-term care grade. We gave them an elite strong of A- in this category. In our short-term care grade, we seek to forge a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this area by offering more care from registered nurses than the typical facility. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the impressive volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were impressed by the nursing home's vaccination data. For example, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Lastly, we found that this facility has earned favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it a score of B- in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.