Dycora Transitional Health - Greendale

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. When calculating our nursing ratings, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This first-rate nursing home also performed well in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

We also found that this facility has received favorable government inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it a B- in this category. This is better than many nursing homes in this category. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor dings aren't something to panic about.

The last category we assessed is long-term care, in which this facility received a C. Although this proved to be its poorest category grade, this is still not a poor grade. In the area of long-term care, we assess the quantity of care provided by a facility, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 90 percent of its patients. This is many points below the national average. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.