Columbia Care Center

On top of receiving an elite overall score, this facility earned an A+ inspection grade. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To add to its first-rate performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care grade. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. This nursing home clearly performed favorably enough in these metrics to earn an encouraging score in this area.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. We assessed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our score in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the last area, this facility also was awarded a very strong short-term care grade, with a B+. This finished off an elite report card. Our short-term care grades are probably more meaningful for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.