ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Moline)

We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in the area of short-term care, where it received an A-. This is notably better than the facility's overall grade, which was certainly not elite. With our short-term care category, we attempt to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, which is one of our better scores. Nursing grades are largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients more frequently.

This facility received a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

The last area we analyzed is long-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. Unfortunately, this score pulled down the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means the facility did not perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were concerned by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 87.8125 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.