Fox Subacute at Clara Burke

This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category grades came in the category of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B. It actually performed better than most facilities in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 72.72727 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is slightly less than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of D. In determining our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. 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 facility performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final area we assessed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's worst area. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is considered to be a meaningful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Given its abysmal score in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this facility provides significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.