Greenville Gardens

Although this nursing home's overall score was as bad as it gets, it fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid facilities with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Moving on to the category of long-term care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Unfortunately, this proved to be its second best grade. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

We were stunned to find that this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing. We gave it an D for that category, which is one of our highest grades. The nursing rating considers many subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these statistics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we rated is short-term care. This facility was given a poor grade of F in that category. Short-term care ratings are vital for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With its poor score in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this facility offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.