Glisan Care Center

One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. The nursing rating is based on many subcategories. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, short-term care ended up being its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a score of A-. Our short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Turning to the area of health inspections, we gave this nursing home a grade of C for our inspection category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to present an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

The next area we scored is long-term care. We awarded this facility a C in that category. For residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.