Evergreen Community of Johnson County

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 92.73357 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we were hoping for but still a decent figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing grade is primarily based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home 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 employing a system of moving patients more often.

We awarded this nursing home an A- for our inspections rating. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area tend to have very few 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The last area we assessed was short-term care, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B. This actually was this nursing home's worst area. A nursing home is doing something right when it's poorest score still is better than most nursing homes. In crafting these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.