Greeley County Hospital Ltcu

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 94.28571 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses spend with residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Kansas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving residents at least once a day.

Tallying another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a score of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its 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 final category we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B+. This topped off a very favorable profile. Not many facilities earned a B+ or better in every category. Our short-term care scores are vital for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.