Enterprise Estates Nursing Center

We want to note that this nursing home's short-term care rating outpaced its overall grade. This facility received a grade of B in this category, which is a very solid grade. In forming these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home actually earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B-. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. Unfortunately, this place was assessed a category L deficiency, which is unexpected based on its inspection rating. This is the worst possible category of deficiencies. This category of deficiency means the government inspectors uncovered a widespread deficiency putting patient safety or health in imminent danger. Even a single serious deficiency of this nature should be taken seriously. While other aspects of this nursing home's inspection report were favorable, we have some reservations.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. We assessed the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

The final area we scored is long-term care, proved to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this facility a grade of D in that category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 99.22481 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.