Heritage Inn Health and Rehabilitation

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this place also received first-rate inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with an A. Inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Building on its impressive profile, this facility also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it an B for that category. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it was given a score of B. It outperformed most facilities in this area. Our short-term care grades are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

The last category we scored is long-term care. We gave it a B- in that category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. Long-term care scores are essential for individuals seeking personal care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.097565 percent of its residents, which is more than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.