Evergreen Health Care Center

To pair with its favorable overall grade, we awarded this facility an A for the area of inspections. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have very few of these 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Among this facility's other achievements is its top-shelf long-term care score. We awarded them one of our more impressive scores in that category, with a grade of A-. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. This facility performed favorably enough in these metrics to earn an impressive grade in this area.

This facility's third highest category is short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B-. In forming our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

Turning to our last category, this nursing home was awarded a respectable nursing score of C. Our nursing grade weighs a handful of components, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused measures. We especially look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care tends to reduce these problems.