Grafton Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Surprisingly, this facility received a category L deficiency, which was unexpected based on its inspection rating. This category of deficiency means the government inspectors discovered a widespread deficiency placing patient safety or health in immediate danger. In spite of this major red flag, other aspects of this facility's inspection report gave us some hope.

This facility's second most favorable category was long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our long-term care grades are more critical for people requiring more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The next category we scored was short-term care. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our short-term care grades are crucial for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.