Highland Manor of Fallon

Although we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we wanted to note its decent health inspections in recent years. We awarded it a relatively respectable grade of B- in this category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing rating is based on quite a few datapoints, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. While this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this statistic. This is often an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a patient even once per day.

This facility was given its third most favorable category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is an acceptable grade. Short-term care grades are critical for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Moving on to our next category, this nursing home received a grade of C for long-term care, which is generally an acceptable rating. In calculating our long-term care grades, we size up the assistance with daily living received by the nursing home's patients. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 94.57014 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.