Fountain View Manor

This facility's overall score was propped up by the fact that it has received favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a strong score in this category, with a grade of B+. This is a much better score than the facility's overall score. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

We also awarded this facility a favorable score in long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our higher scores. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The third category we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. With our short-term care score, we try to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The final category we graded is nursing. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this category. In computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the amount of time nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below average. Finally, our nursing grades also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.