Dycora Transitional Health - Clovis

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is what you want to see on an inspection report.

We also awarded this facility a positive score in long-term care. This nursing home received a B in this area, which turns out to be one of our higher grades. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. It appears we may have been missing some information from this facility's long-term care metrics, but we were content with the information we found.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this statistic. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of turning residents even once per day.

The next category we assessed is short-term care, is this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. This really was one of the few dings of a quality profile. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. In this facility's case, we found that it offers less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this nursing home's short-term care score.