Grossmont Hospital D/P Snf

One of the many reasons this place ended up being a quality nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this area. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility received dominant marks in the area of short-term care. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in that area with a score of A+. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final item we considered in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 7.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. There are a host of criteria within this area. Many of the factors are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Moving on to our fourth category, this nursing home also performed admirably in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it an A for this area. This wrapped up truly elite profile. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. It does not look like this nursing home provided information about vaccinations. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.