East Park Care Center

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

The second best category we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a B-. Our long-term care scores are more important for residents in need of more conventional services related to personal care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility vaccinated 98.38709 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable figure. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The third category we assessed was short-term care, where this facility received a C in this area. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The final category we scored is nursing, proved to be this facility's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. This really was one of just a few weak links on a strong report card. Our nursing category is based on a handful of subcategories, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.