Countryside Meadows

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area, with an A-. This is a much better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this nursing home's inspections.

Turning to the area of short-term care, we gave this facility a score of A- in that area. With our short-term care category, we try to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing grade is based on a handful of components, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below average. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last category we scored. It received an F in this area. Even with a few respectable scores in other areas, this grade is nevertheless alarming so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. For residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.75961 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.