Crawford Manor Healthcare Center

We would like to point out that this nursing home's inspection grade exceeded its overall score. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this facility an B-. Our nursing grade includes a variety of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is not an impressive total. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this area. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients at least once a day.

This facility was awarded its third best category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this category, which is a respectable grade. In our short-term care category, we strive to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The critical question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The final metric we looked at 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.

Our next category is long-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a C in this category. In the category of long-term care, we analyze the amount of services offered by a facility, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 87.30159 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be several points lower than what we were hoping for. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.