Cornerstone Village

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

This facility also didn't rate too badly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a C for that area, which is among its more favorable grades. In our short-term care category, we endeavor to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This facility also didn't fare terribly in the category of long-term care. In fact, we awarded it a C for that area, which happens to be another one of its higher scores. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.62264 percent of its residents, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The final category we graded is nursing, which turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. We looked at the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.