Eagle Pointe

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in that category, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a B+ in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our better scores. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.449036 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.64 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our nursing rating analyzes several factors, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these statistics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this area. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a resident even once per day.

The final category we analyzed was short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in that category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we size up the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is often a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it performed decently in this area, with 48.8 percent of its residents returning home.