Helia Healthcare of Energy

While we were not high on this facility's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. 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. In spite of this deficiency, this place still received a relatively positive inspection report.

The second highest category we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a C. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is generally a useful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

We gave this nursing home just a D for our long-term care rating. This is not a very good score. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.242424 percent of its residents, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

The final category we assessed is nursing, in which this nursing home was given an abysmal score in this category also. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is definitely a major disappointment. There are many data points within this category. Most of these data points relate to staffing levels. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these data points to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.