Harris Health and Rehab

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor dings are not the end of the world.

One of this facility's more favorable category grades was in the category of long-term care. This ended up being its second best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B-. In determining our long-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. Unfortunately, it appears we are missing some of this nursing home's long-term care data. Without having all of the data for this facility, it ended up being a challenge to fully assess the place in the long-term care category.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. The nursing rating weighs numerous datapoints. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.

The next area we looked at was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.