Crestwood Rehabilitation and Nursing

We really couldn't find anything positive to say about this facility. It received a grade of just D in the category of short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are probably most critical for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. With its grade in this area, we were not stunned to discover that this place was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the data we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.

This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it received just a D for its inspection score, which was unfortunately its second best grade. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. You should be most cautious when considering a nursing home with severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we need to point out that this facility received large government fines of more than $50,000. This generally means that CMS inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad health inspections.

We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. In computing a facility's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are with patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these datapoints to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

The last area we graded was long-term care. This nursing home received a poor grade of F in that area. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 99.48718 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.