Creekside Healthcare Center

Although we gave this facility a poor overall grade, we actually awarded it a fairly respectable grade in the category of inspections, where we gave it a grade of B-. This was certainly better than its other categories. Inspection grades are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

This facility was given its next most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. Our short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

The next area we looked at is long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in that category. With our long-term care rating, we focus on the sheer volume of care provided by a facility, as well as a handful of quality metrics. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.