Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

In addition to being a first-rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care rating, where it received an A+. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 7.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Adding to an already impressive profile, this facility also received virtually flawless health inspections in recent years. As a result, we awarded it an A+ inspection grade. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next area we looked at was long-term care. Adding to its high-end profile, this nursing home also excelled in that category. In fact, we awarded it a of A for the category. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were not able to locate this place's vaccination data. Clearly, this nursing home 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 one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In our last category, this facility also was awarded a very strong nursing rating, with a grade of A-. This finished off a rare straight A report card. The nursing category consists of a handful of factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.