Courtland Manor

Courtland Manor is a nursing home located in Dover, Delaware. This city has a population of 69,187 people. Sporting an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly a first-rate facility. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as the best nursing home in Dover. We also gave this nursing home phenomenal ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the more impressive figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by both of these figures. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

This facility also fared very well in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Not many nursing homes received a better grade in this category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. One of this facility's strengths is that it provides more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses to each patient. This is the gold standard in this area, as it's approximately 50% higher than a typical nursing home's level of registered nurse staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Moving on to the last category, this nursing home received a strong long-term care score. Even though this isn't nearly as elite as many of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of our better grades we offer. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After considering the impressive nursing care provided by this facility, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.