Dunbar Health & Rehab Center

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher scores in that area, with an A. This is a much better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home's next most favorable category turned out to be its short-term care score, where it was awarded a grade of C. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of D. The nursing rating is based on several subcategories, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Switching gears to the fourth area, this nursing home really did not perform very well. With a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this was its worst grade. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility administered the vaccine to a relatively low 82.80255 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.