Eastridge

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this area. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was awarded a dominant long-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second most impressive category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 97.61905 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. The nursing grade includes a handful of datapoints, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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.

Switching gears to our next area, this nursing home received a high-end short-term care score. We gave it a B+ in that category, completing one of our finer report cards. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is often a useful assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.