Dawson Place

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received a strong nursing score. We gave it an A in that category. In calculating our nursing grades, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory 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. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

The next area we graded proved to be this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even its worst category would likely be a strength for most facilities. In fact, we gave it a favorable grade of B for our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 89.89899 percent of its residents. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.