Gateway Care & Rehabilitation Center

In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent inspections. We awarded it an A- for this category, which is one of our highest scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Adding to its profile, this nursing home also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. We weighed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in calculating our score in this area. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning to our fourth category, this facility was awarded a B- for long-term care, which is generally a decent rating. Our long-term care scores are more important for folks needing more conventional services related to activities of daily living. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.85715 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.