Everett Transitional Care Serv

We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final item we considered in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing grades are largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a patient more frequently.

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

The final category we looked at was long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a grade of C. Although this proved to be its poorest category rating, this is still not a major area of concern. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. It does not appear that this facility provided information on its vaccination levels. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.