Focused Care at Allenbrook

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, this nursing home was assessed a category L deficiency, which was unexpected given its inspection rating. This category of deficiency indicates CMS discovered a widespread deficiency putting patient safety or health in imminent jeopardy. Even a single serious deficiency of this nature should be taken seriously. While other aspects of this nursing home's inspection report were favorable, we have some reservations.

This facility was awarded its second best category score in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a C in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Our long-term care grades are more critical for people needing more traditional services associated with personal care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.1203 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing score. We gave this facility a score of D. In determining a facility's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we looked at is short-term care. It received an F in this category, which is a rock bottom grade. This is certainly a major concern. In our short-term care category, we endeavor to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Based on its grade in this area, we were not surprised to discover that this facility is well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below average.