Crescent Nursing & Rehab

One of the reasons this proved to be a strong facility is that it earned a very impressive long-term care rating. In fact, long-term care was its best category. In that area, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A+. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.22222 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an B+. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. It does not appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility's next most favorable area is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are crucial for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we looked at 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 patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The last category we assessed was nursing. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this area. The nursing rating assesses many subcategories, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below the national average. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.