Grace Living Center-Wildewood

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. Our nursing grade focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a resident at least once a day.

We also gave this facility a decent grade in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of D. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.