Dermott City Nursing Home

One of the reasons this proved to be a quality facility is it received a very impressive short-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be its best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B+. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B+. The nursing rating consists of quite a few datapoints, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it excelled in inspections, with a grade of B in that category. Our inspection scores are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

The final category we assessed is long-term care. This facility was given a B- in the area. In determining our long-term care ratings, we look at the assistance with daily living received by the nursing home's patients. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.37107 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.