Highland Manor Care and Rehabilitation Center

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection rating. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its first-rate assessment, this nursing home also was awarded a dominant long-term care score, with a grade of A. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.67442 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. In determining our nursing grades, we weigh both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the last category we assessed, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility rounded out an elite profile. Our short-term care scores are probably more critical for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.