Gibson Health and Rehabilitation

On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Very few places performed as well in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of B+. It outpaced most nursing homes in this category. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.5098 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our rating in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient at least once a day.

The next category we analyzed was short-term care. This nursing home received a strong nursing score in our assessment, with a grade of B. While this was not quite as strong as several of its other grades, this remains one of our stronger grades in that area. Short-term care grades are often used to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.