Green Acres Health and Rehabilitation

Even though we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we gave it an excellent score in long-term care, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. This bailed out its overall profile to a degree. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 94.16342 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

We gave this facility a middle of the road grade of C for inspections. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you that this facility avoided the more ominous classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

This facility's second worse score is short-term care, where it earned a grade of just D in that area. This is a well below average score. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. With a score this poor for this area, we were not stunned to find that this facility was well below average in many staffing metrics we focus on. The facility supplied significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

The last category we rated is nursing. We gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is a poor grade. There are a number of criteria within this grade. Most of these data points relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.