Columbia Post Acute

On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really performed well in long-term care, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home performed well in the area of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that area, which happens to be one of our highest scores. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

In addition, this facility also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next category we assessed is nursing, which is this nursing home's worst category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. However, we would not judge this facility based solely on a single category, since it received multiple high-end grades in other areas. Our nursing rating features a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. With only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.