Golden Age of Welsh

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its impressive assessments in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A for its long-term care score. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.717514 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. The last statistic we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 3.37 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as impressive as some of its other scores in this area, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Our nursing score assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.

The next category we analyzed was short-term care. This facility was given a strong short-term care grade in our assessment, with a B-. Even though this isn't nearly as strong as some of its other scores, this is nevertheless a respectable rating in this category. With our short-term care grade, we seek to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 38.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.