Glenflora

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also performed favorably in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Not many nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 85.83333 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit below what we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

We gave this nursing home a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is well below average in this category. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we discovered that this nursing home offers less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this nursing home's short-term care score.

Switching gears to our fourth category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in the area of nursing. This is the nursing home's weakest category score. Sadly, this score pulled down the nursing home's overall grade to some degree. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are with patients and the skill levels of the nurses. With only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.