Hale Ho'ola Hamakua

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Our nursing score considers numerous datapoints. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this facility a grade of A for inspections. Our inspection ratings are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The third area we analyzed is long-term care. Adding to its first-rate profile, this facility also performed well in this area. In fact, it received a grade of of A- in that category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.24561 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The fourth category we scored was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of A-. This wrapped up a very impressive profile. Very few nursing homes received an A- or higher in every category. Short-term care scores are meaningful for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.