Evansville Manor

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection rating outpaced its overall score. We gave it a B+ for its inspections rating, which is one of our better scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing rating is based on a host of factors. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home was awarded strong short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more impressive grades in this area, with a B. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 4.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The final category we assessed was long-term care, which was this facility's worst area. We gave it an F for this area, which is certainly very concerning. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 88.541664 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be several points lower than average. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.