Flower Villa

This nursing home's best category grade came in the area of health inspections. In that area, we awarded this facility a B+. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

This facility also was given a positive short-term care score. As a matter of fact, we awarded them a B in that area, which is one of our better. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. It doesn't appear that this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

The third area we assessed was long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a solid grade of B-. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The final category we analyzed is nursing. This nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. Our nursing rating is based on a variety of data points. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This facility averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this area. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents at least once a day.