Crestwood Terrace Intermediate & Behavioral Care

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. Nursing grades are mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place averages just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

As it turns out, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its short-term care score, which is not a score to write home about. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Given its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Frankly, this was what we expected here. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this nursing home's short-term care grade.

The final category we looked at was long-term care, which ended up being a weak link for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in long-term care. For residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.