Hale Malamalama

To pair with its excellent overall grade, we awarded this facility an A for its nursing grade. Our nursing score looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also performed well in inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It received one of our highest grades in that area with an B+. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a score of B+. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The final category we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility received a B+. This topped off a very impressive report card. Not many facilities earned a B+ or better in each of our categories. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 95.2381 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.