Greenridge Senior Care

On top of faring well overall, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Therefore, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so well is that it was given a favorable short-term care score. Indeed, short-term care ended up being its second most favorable category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

This facility also was awarded an impressive long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.0991 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Switching gears to the final area, this facility was given an excellent nursing grade. This facility didn't prove to have any real weak links. The nursing score weighs several factors, however, the main consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.