Hammond-Henry District Hsp

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. We were not able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this area. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is often a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. This place outperformed the majority of nursing homes with 50.6 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.

Turning to our last area, this nursing home also performed admirably in the long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category. This completed a very strong profile. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 96.2406 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.29 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.