Fairview Care Center East

This nursing home's overall score was propped up by the fact that it has earned favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home received an B in the category of nursing. The nursing category includes many components, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 0.2 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next area we graded was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B- in this area. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be more critical for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

The next area we graded was long-term care, was this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in that area. Facilities that don't fare well in long-term care often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 91.40625 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.