Desert Regional Medical Center D/P Snf

We also found that this nursing home excelled in our short-term care rating. We gave them an A+ in this area. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more critical for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In calculating our nursing ratings, we assess both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Racking up yet another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.

The final area we scored proved to be this nursing home's worst area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still gave it a decent grade of B- for long-term care. In the category of long-term care, we weigh the amount of care offered by a facility, rather than more sophisticated services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding vaccinations. Lastly, this place excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.