Hillside Village of De Soto

On top of receiving a quality overall grade, this nursing home also earned excellent inspections recently. We gave it one of our highest grades in that category, with an A. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its first-rate profile, this facility also was awarded an excellent long-term care grade, with a score of A. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 95 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final category we analyzed is this nursing home's worst area. However, even its lowest point would actually be a strength for most facilities. In fact, we gave it a favorable grade of B for short-term care. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.