Communities at Indian Haven

One of the reasons this place is a strong nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection score. Inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In this category, we awarded it a grade of A-. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility really excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes performed more favorably in this category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. There are several factors included in this area. Many of these datapoints reflect staffing levels. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was given a high-end long-term care score. This facility did not end up having any real weaknesses. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 96.713615 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.