Colonial Belle Nursing Home

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Another one of this nursing home's higher category grades came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B+. It actually fared better than most facilities in this area. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. It doesn't look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. When determining our nursing ratings, we factor in both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we looked at is long-term care. We gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is a rock bottom score. This is certainly a major disappointment. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.