Levy-Kime Geriatric Community Clinic

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. There are a variety of factors included in this grade. Most of these factors reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a resident more frequently.

This facility also was dominant in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. In our short-term care category, we strive to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last item we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

In addition, this facility also received first-rate inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Turning to our final area, this facility received an extremely favorable long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, topping off one of our more impressive report cards. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.