Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center

This nursing home received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially want to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded it an impressive grade of A- in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor dings aren't the end of the world.

Contributing to its profile, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. There are numerous subcategories included in this category. Many of the datapoints are tied to staffing levels. This facility provided 0.3 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next category we graded is long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. In our long-term care rating, we weigh the sheer volume of care provided by a facility, along with a few quality metrics. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 98.21429 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.