Embassy Rehab and Care Center

This nursing home received a nursing score which is stronger than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing rating considers a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home's second highest category ended up being its short-term care score, where it was awarded a grade of B-. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This facility earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a score of B-. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

The last area we looked at is long-term care, which proved to be a weak link for this nursing home. We gave this facility a grade of just D in the area of long-term care. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 94.405594 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.