Deleon Nursing and Rehabilitation

On top of earning a great overall score, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent inspections. We gave it a grade of A+ for this area, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home performed well in the category of long-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for that category, which turns out to be one of our highest grades. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

We also gave this nursing home a middle of the road score in the category of short-term care, where it received a C. Our short-term care ratings are vital for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This facility's worst category is nursing, which is the final category we assessed. For this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. The nursing category includes a handful of factors, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.