Hillview Nursing & Rehab

While we didn't give this nursing home a good overall score, we actually gave it a very strong grade in the area of nursing, where it earned a B. This is better than most nursing homes in this category. When determining our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving residents more often.

The second most favorable area we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a C. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated just 74.57627 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility received mediocre government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a C in this area. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home had 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This means that inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to present an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

The next area we looked at is short-term care, which was this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. With a score in this range for this area, we weren't shocked to discover this nursing home was below average in multiple staffing figures we assess. The facility provided far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.6 percent of its residents returning home.