Eastern Shore Rehabilitation and Health Center

Eastern Shore Rehabilitation and Health Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Daphne, Alabama. It looks like this nursing home is one of the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. It received one of the best ratings we offer. We ranked this facility as one of the 100 best nursing homes in Alabama, which is a distinguished list. This nursing home also received very consistent grades in all four of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to direct your attention to the fact that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them a dominant score of A+ in this area. With our short-term care rating, we strive to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 70.3 percent of its residents returning home.

This nursing home was awarded a favorable long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category with a score of B+. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 96.9112 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not take any chances. This facility was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.58 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

Switching gears to our last area, this facility was given an extremely favorable nursing score. We gave it a grade of B+ in that area, completing one of our more favorable report cards. We weighed the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with residents, in determining our grade in this category. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.