Creekside

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them a grade of A+ in this category. For patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 80.50314 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points below what we expected but still a decent figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In addition, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A. Inspection grades 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. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we consider the number of hours nurses are with patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients more often.

Turning to our last category, this facility received a high-end short-term care score. We gave it an A- in this area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. Our short-term care grades are likely most important for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.