Fox Run Manor

One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it received an impressive inspection rating. Inspections is its best category. In that area, we awarded it an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings are not something to panic about.

This facility truly excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A. Very few nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. The nursing grade includes several components, however, the most important one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

The next category we graded is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal grade. You should not necessarily disqualify a nursing home because of one concerning grade though. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities provide. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home vaccinated only 80.5668 percent of its patients, which is not a very encouraging sign. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.