Forest Creek Village

On top of earning a strong overall rating, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that category, which is one of our best grades. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor dings aren't something to panic about.

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

The third category we graded was long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The next category we looked at was nursing. This nursing home was given a C in this category. In calculating a facility's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, our nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.