Dulles Health & Rehab Center

On top of being a quality facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Not many nursing homes fared better in this area. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Adding to its profile, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a useful assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more positive scores in our long-term care category as well, with a B+. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.77973 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The last category we analyzed is nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. This facility did not prove to have any weak links. Our nursing score is based on quite a few factors, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.