Gardens at Celina

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection grades are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

In addition, we awarded this nursing home a B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better scores. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we consider the amount of time nurses spend with residents and the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this area.

The last area we scored was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in that area. This is a fair grade in this area. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 90.76923 percent of its patients. This is multiple points below what we expected. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.