Golden Peaks Center

Although we were not complementary of this facility's overall grade, it received an impressive nursing score this year. We gave it a grade of B in this area. Nursing grades are primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In addition, we also would like to point out that this nursing home was given impressive short-term care marks this year. We awarded them one of our better grades in this category, with a B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second strongest score. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This facility earned slightly below average government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a C in this area. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. It doesn't appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received some government fines in recent years.

The last area we analyzed is long-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in that area. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category may not provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 82.75862 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.