Golden Years Nursing Center

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also received a favorable grade in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B+ in that area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 82.74336 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a bit less than we expected but still a decent figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of D. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses are with patients and the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we analyzed was short-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this facility a grade of D in that area. Sadly, this grade pulled down the nursing home's overall grade to a certain degree. In our short-term care grade, we try to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It looks like this nursing home was subpar in several staffing areas we assessed. The facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.