Gladstone Care and Rehabilitation Center

This nursing home earned an inspection score which is better than its overall grade. Inspection scores are based on a nursing home's recent government inspections. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

We also gave this nursing home a strong score in long-term care. This nursing home received a B in this category, which is one of our more impressive grades. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. It appears we may have been missing some information from this facility's long-term care metrics, but we were happy with the information we found.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

The final area we rated is short-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's worst area. We gave this facility a D in this category. Short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.