Farren Care Center

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. In calculating our nursing ratings, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 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 place 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 typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

This facility also excelled in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Not many facilities fared better in this category. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.50495 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next area we looked at was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a strong short-term care rating this year, with a grade of B-. While this wasn't quite as impressive as a few of its other category grades, this remains an acceptable rating in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 1.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.