Coweta Manor Nursing Home

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility also excelled in inspections. We gave it a grade of A- for that category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a B-. Our short-term care grades are likely more important for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

The final area we analyzed was nursing. We gave this facility an acceptable score in this category, with a C. Although this was not as favorable as some of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless not a poor grade. We assessed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in calculating our score in this area. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, while this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area.