El Dorado Care and Rehab

While we were not complementary of this facility's overall performance, it did receive an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B+. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this facility was given positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that category, with a grade of B. This proved to be the nursing home's second highest score. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. The nursing score weighs a variety of datapoints. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

The last category we scored was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.