Wakita CHC

This nursing home's best category grade came in our short-term care category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. Short-term care scores are important for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Another one of this facility's more favorable category grades was in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 92.1875 percent of its patients. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned an A+ nursing rating. This is as good as it gets in this area. In computing our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.

Moving on to our inspection category, it appears this facility has received quality inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a B- in this category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.