Diversicare of Seneca Place

Even though this place's overall score was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a B- for that category, which isn't bad. However, this was not enough to save its profile. Our short-term care scores are presumably most meaningful for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

This facility excelled in nursing, where it earned an B-. Few places fared better in this area. Nursing ratings are largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. Although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this statistic. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning patients more often.

This nursing home received an F for its inspection grade. This is a very important category. Scores in this range usually mean we found red flags on the nursing home's inspections. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection grade. We would scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to resident health or safety. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This typically indicates that a poor performance spanned multiple years.

Turning to our final category, this nursing home didn't perform very well here either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility administered the vaccine to 99.37304 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable total. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.