The Glen

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing grade is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This facility also was dominant in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A. Few nursing homes received a better grade in this area. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Moving on to the last area, this facility also excelled in the long-term care category. We awarded it a grade of B+ for this area. This rounded out a very strong profile. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 90.90909 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points lower than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.