Damas Hospital Snf

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for its short-term care rating. Our short-term care grades are believed to be more critical for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Among this facility's other achievements is its top-shelf long-term care grade. It received one of our more impressive scores in that category, with a score of A. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. This place really excelled in this area.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving residents at least once a day.

In the last area we looked at, we found that this facility received a solid inspection report this year as well. It earned a decent score in inspections with a B-. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Sadly, this facility received a category L deficiency, which was unexpected given its inspection grade. This category of deficiency means CMS uncovered a widespread deficiency putting resident health or safety in immediate jeopardy. In spite of this major red flag, other aspects of this facility's inspection report gave us some hope.