Country Pointe

While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of B- for inspections. This grade is more respectable than the place's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you 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 cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing score is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this statistic.

This facility's next best category ended up being long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. In determining our long-term care ratings, we look at the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home vaccinated 99.39024 percent of its patients, which is an above average total. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The last category we graded was short-term care, proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. As you might expect, we found that this facility provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.