Comm. Hosp. Of San Bernardino Dp Snf

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also awarded this facility a score of A- for our long-term care grade. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The third area we analyzed was short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a C. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.

The last area we analyzed was nursing, which was this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. Unfortunately, this category hurt the facility's overall grade to some degree. The nursing score includes a host of subcategories. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility offered only 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Although this nursing home didn't excel in the area of nursing hours, it actually surprised us in some of the quality-based assessments in the nursing category, such as avoiding serious falls. This facility was better than average in this metric, which was one redeeming quality we found in this area.