Crestview Nursing & Residential Living

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Another reason we graded this facility so highly is that it was given an A+ long-term care grade. This is just about as strong as it gets in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. The last statistic we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.14 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this area. This particular nursing home provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Finally, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

The final category we scored was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B+. This wrapped up a very impressive profile. Not many facilities earned a B+ or better in all four categories. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is typically a solid measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.