Goodwill Mennonite Home

On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our highest grades. Inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also was given a top-shelf long-term care grade. We awarded them a strong strong of A- in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.717514 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. There are several criteria included in this area. Most of these datapoints relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.

Switching gears to the last category, this nursing home was awarded an acceptable short-term care score of C. With our short-term care grade, we try to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.