Edgewood Estates

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a decent score in nursing. We awarded it a B- for that category. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This facility averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is not an impressive total. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

This nursing home's short-term care score appears to be one of its higher scores. The nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is generally a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

We also gave this facility a decent grade in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for individuals needing more traditional assistance related to personal care. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Moving on our final area of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We recommend you pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.