Crowley Ridge Care Center

One of the reasons this place is a strong nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In this category, we gave this facility an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

An additional strong feature for this nursing home is that it was awarded an impressive long-term care score. Indeed, this wound up being its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.02631 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We analyzed the licensure of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients even once per day.

The final area we scored is short-term care. For that category, we gave this nursing home a C. Our short-term care ratings are vital for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It does not look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.