NSPIRE Healthcare Kendall

In addition to performing well overall, this facility received a very good long-term care grade as well. It earned one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B+. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

In addition, this facility also received first-rate government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an impressive grade of B+. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

The last category we graded is nursing. We awarded this facility one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a grade of B. This nursing home turned out to be relatively strong in each category we looked at. The nursing rating considers a host of data points. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 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 frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.