Greenery Center for Rehab and Nursing

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave it an A+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This nursing home's next most favorable category is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack score in this area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 97.935104 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we graded was short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest category. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this category, which is certainly a major disappointment. In determining these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.