Crestwood Ridge Skilled Nursing and Rehab

This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an B. There are a host of factors included in this area. Most of the subcategories reflect staffing levels. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Another one of this facility's more favorable category scores came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B. Short-term care scores are vital for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

The last category we scored was long-term care, proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. This really was one of the few weak points of an otherwise strong profile. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to patient care. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated only 87.73585 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.