Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center

This nursing home received an inspection score which is stronger than its overall grade. Inspection ratings are tied to the facility's recent inspections. We awarded this facility a very solid grade of B+ in this category. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the government 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 lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of this facility's more favorable category grades was in the area of short-term care. This turned out to be its second most favorable category. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. In forming these short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In determining our nursing grades, we look at both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most nursing homes. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in that category. This is not a bad grade in this area. In our long-term care grade, we look at the sheer quantity of care provided by a nursing home, as well as a handful of quality measures. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to a relatively low 70.29703 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.