Cypress Pointe Health Campus

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Few places fared as well in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. This actually ended up being this nursing home's second most impressive category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our short-term care ratings are probably more meaningful for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. In calculating our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next category we graded was long-term care, in which this facility received a B. Even though this turned out to be its lowest category score, this is still a favorable score. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 94.38776 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.