Dennett Road Manor

This facility earned a long-term care grade which is better than its overall score. We gave this facility a B+ in this area. This helped its overall profile. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 94.37751 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

It should also be noted that this facility's inspection grade was strong as well. In fact, we gave it a B for inspections, which is one of our better grades. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. In calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses commit to residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

This nursing home's worst area was short-term care, which is the final category we looked at. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. Short-term care ratings are critical for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With a score of this caliber in this category, we were not shocked to find this nursing home was below average in multiple staffing metrics we assess. The facility supplied substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.5 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.