Evergreen Terrace

We would like to point out that this facility's inspection score exceeded its overall score. This facility earned a B+ in this area, which is a quality score. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

We also awarded this facility a solid grade in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most critical for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is well below average. Lastly, while this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory.

The next category we rated is long-term care, which was this facility's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated just 77.88462 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.05 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.