Foundation Park Care Center

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category, with a grade of A-. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of this facility's more respectable category grades was in the area of short-term care. This proved to be its second best category. In that category, we awarded this facility a C. Our short-term care grades are crucial for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

This facility received its third most favorable category grade in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area, which is a decent grade. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.68554 percent of its residents, which is an above average figure. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning to our next category, we gave this nursing home a D for the area of nursing. This was the facility's worst category score. In calculating our nursing grades, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility averaged a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.