Health Central Park

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent inspection report. Consequently, we gave it one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also want to alert you to the fact that this facility was awarded a dominant score of A in our long-term care category. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.07692 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Turning to our next area, this nursing home also received a score of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is more often than not a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

The final area we graded is nursing. We gave this facility one of our higher grades in that area, with a grade of B. Even though this was not as dominant as many of this facility's other grades, it is nevertheless a positive score. In determining our nursing grades, we analyze both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.