Dunlap Specialty Care

Although we were not complementary of this nursing home's overall score, it actually received an impressive nursing rating this year. We gave it a B+ in this area. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our score in this category. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home's short-term care score ended up being one of its higher scores. The nursing home received a B- in this area. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The final item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Among this facility's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection grade. More often than not, this means we found some red flags on the facility's inspection reports. When a nursing home has this poor of an inspection grade, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This facility had 3 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed large government fines recently of over $100,000. This usually indicates that a nursing home's poor track record spanned several years.

Turning to the fourth area, this nursing home didn't fare well here either. With a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. Long-term care grades in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 89.31298 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.