Azria Health Woodhaven

One of the reasons this proved to be a decent facility is that it earned a very favorable inspection score. In this area, we gave this nursing home a B+. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Another one of this facility's better category grades came in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. It actually outpaced most nursing homes in this area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. In determining our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this subcategory. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving residents more often.

The last area we scored is long-term care, which was this facility's weakest category. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this category, which is certainly a major disappointment. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home provided the vaccine to only 76.22378 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.