Crestview Care Center

On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. Nursing scores are mostly tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our highest scores in that area with an A. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed as well in multiple categories. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of short-term care, with a B-. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is generally a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

This facility's worst area was long-term care, which is the final category we assessed. We gave it an abysmal F in this area. Even with multiple favorable grades in other categories, this score is still a bit alarming so we wanted to make sure you are aware. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 95.68346 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.