Cuba Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility

Cuba Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility is the sole option we identified in Cuba, New York. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. In our view, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its exemplary inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection score. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility a grade of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in some quality-focused metrics. We especially look at the percentage of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these problems.

The next area we assessed is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a B- in this area. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 44.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Our last category is long-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a C in this category. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 32.10526 percent of its patients. This is several points lower than average. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.98 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.