Fayette Caring Center

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility earned an excellent long-term care rating. We gave it an A in that area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 95.57522 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. There are a number of subcategories included in this category. Most of these subcategories reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Moving on to the next category, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care rating. While this is not quite as dominant as several of its other grades, this is still one of the more favorable scores we offer. In our short-term care rating, we strive to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It does not look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.