Genoa Retirement Village

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this place also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was strong in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Only a select group of facilities fared better in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This nursing home also was dominant in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Very few facilities performed better in this area. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The final area we assessed is nursing. We gave this facility one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B. Although this was not on par with a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is still an excellent grade. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.