Garden Villa - Bloomington

In addition to performing well overall, this facility received nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it received one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home was awarded a favorable short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. Our short-term care scores are likely most meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Turning to the third area, this nursing home also received a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 91.721855 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we anticipated. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The last category we looked at was nursing, where this facility was given a grade of B. This nursing home did not prove to have any weak grades. Our nursing score features a variety of subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a patient more frequently.