Dow Rummel Village

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home earned an excellent inspection report. Consequently, we gave it one of our best scores in that category with an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care area. In fact, it received a score of A- for the category. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 90.84507 percent of its residents, which is a few points less than we were hoping for. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Turning to the next area, this facility also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is generally a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 4.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

The final category we analyzed was nursing. In this area, we awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B. Our nursing score is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.