Douglas Health and Rehabilitation

Although this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it didn't perform as poorly in nursing. We gave it a B- for this category. There are numerous criteria within this area. Many of these datapoints reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.

This nursing home also didn't rate too badly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- for that area, which ended up being another one of its more favorable scores. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

The third area we analyzed was long-term care. This facility's was given a rock-bottom long-term care score where it was given an F. Facilities that do not score well in long-term care often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 89.94083 percent of its patients. This is significantly below what we were hoping for. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.

Turning the final category of inspections, this nursing home really did not fare well. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection rating. For places with poor inspection scores, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.