Dinuba Healthcare

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our score in this area. This facility averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, while this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this subcategory.

The final category we scored is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In our short-term care score, we seek to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.