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.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. The nursing grade weighs numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Turning to the next category, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.84393 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Switching gears to our fourth area, this nursing home was given a respectable short-term care score of C. In crafting our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.