Dallas Retirement Village Health Center

One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing actually turned out to be its best category. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A. We assessed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Adding to its profile, this facility also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Turning to another of this facility's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

The next area we assessed was long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. Unfortunately, this category hurt the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.89706 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.