Courtyard Health Care Center

While we did not have many positive things to say about this place's overall score, it earned a respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in that category with a score of B-. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. 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.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. There are numerous factors within this grade. Many of these criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

This facility was awarded its third highest category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

The next category we scored is long-term care. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.