Cumberland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

While we gave this facility a weak overall score, we gave it a fairly respectable grade in the area of inspections, where we gave it a B-. This was certainly better than its other category grades. Our inspection scores are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing score is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. Although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric. This is often an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a resident more often.

The third area we analyzed is short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our short-term care grades are important for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 44.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

Turning to the next category, this nursing home was awarded a grade of B- for long-term care, which is generally a decent score. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We weren't able to locate information on vaccination rates. Lastly, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.