Extended Care Hosp Westminster

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Not many facilities performed better in this area. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

This nursing home received a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a score of B. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 96.12189 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. The nursing rating analyzes several factors, however, the primary one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Moving on to our final category, we gave this nursing home a D in the area of short-term care. This was the facility's least impressive category score. Sadly, this category pulled down the facility's overall profile a bit. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, it looks like it offers less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.