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. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this facility's recent inspections.

This nursing home earned high scores in nursing as well. In fact, it earned one of our highest scores in that category with a score of B-. We looked at the skill-level of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in computing our grade in this category. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this metric.

This nursing home's third most favorable area turned out to be long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a C. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 91.37931 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The last area we scored was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in that area. This is a fair grade in this area. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.