Harmony Health Center

On top of faring well overall, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in that area with a grade of A+. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its impressive assessments in other areas, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care score. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. This nursing home performed well enough in these measures to earn an encouraging score in this area.

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+. Nursing scores are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients at least once a day.

The last area we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home received a B+. This wrapped up an elite report card. Not many nursing homes received a B+ or higher in every single category. Our short-term care grades are crucial for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.