Country Lawn Center for Rehab

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. 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.

Another one of this facility's above average category scores came in the category of long-term care. We gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 80.408165 percent of its residents. This is slightly lower than we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. When computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses are with residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area.

This facility's worst category is short-term care, which is the final area we looked at. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. In our short-term care score, we seek to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. It appears that this nursing home was subpar in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home.