Elderwood at Hamburg

We want to point out that this facility outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. The nursing rating weighs many datapoints, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

This nursing home's next highest area is short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the final category we scored. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area. Despite some respectable scores in other categories, this score is still concerning so we would like to to make sure you are aware. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinates 98.305084 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.