Garden Park Health Care Center

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing category weighs quite a few components, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, nursing scores also consider quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

We were also stunned to discover that this facility earned a somewhat respectable long-term care grade this year. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. In calculating our long-term care grades, we assess the assistance with daily living received by the nursing home's residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 96.21622 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this facility received a somewhat respectable short-term care grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is more often than not a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

The last category we assessed was inspections. This facility did not receive positive inspections in recent years. As a result, we gave it an F here. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We would scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, we also would like to point out that this facility was assessed significant government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This often signifies that a poor performance spanned more than one year.