Grand Meadows

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few facilities fared better in this category. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In addition, this facility excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility was given its next highest category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.

The last area we analyzed was long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a B-. While this turned out to be its worst category score, this is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care scores are crucial for individuals requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to a relatively low 83.695656 percent of its residents, which is a bit of a concern. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.