Golden Hill Rehab Pavilion

Golden Hill Rehab Pavilion is located in Milford, Connecticut. The city has 52,759 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, this facility would be a solid choice for quite a few people. This place didn't fare well in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. More information about these categories is available below.

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility a grade of A. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of this facility's higher category scores came in the area of long-term care. This proved to be its second most favorable category. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. The last datapoint we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. Although it had 3.13 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not too bad.

This facility was given its next best category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this area, which is a respectable score. Our short-term care scores are vital for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This proved to be more of a strength for this facility. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the country with 53 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.

The last category we graded was nursing, which is this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This place provided a meager 2.6 hours of nursing care per patient daily. On top of receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this place was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic dragged down this nursing home's nursing grade substantially.