Colonial Manor of Randolph

In addition to earning a strong overall rating, this facility fared even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it an A for this area, which is one of our highest grades. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this nursing home's other achievements is its superb long-term care grade. We awarded them one of our best scores in that area, with a grade of A-. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 91.86992 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. Our short-term care scores are likely more critical for people in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Turning to the final category, this facility was awarded a decent nursing score. Although this isn't nearly as elite as several of its other category grades, this is still not a terrible score. Our nursing grade includes many data points, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.