Terrace of Hialeah

In addition to earning a great overall grade, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the facility's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our highest grades. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among the reasons we rated this facility so well is that it received a strong long-term care grade. In fact, long-term care turned out to be its second highest category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.62701 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing category includes many subcategories, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next category we rated was short-term care. This facility was awarded an above average short-term care score this year, with a B-. Although this isn't quite as strong as several of its other category grades, this is nevertheless an acceptable grade for this category. In crafting our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 2.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.