Hi'olani Care Center at Kahala Nui

On top of faring well overall, this facility received high marks in our short-term care rating as well. As a result, it received our highest score in that category with a score of A+. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is generally a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final item we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. The nursing score assesses a handful of factors, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

We also awarded this facility a grade of of A+ for its long-term care grade. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Lastly, this nursing home also earned excellent inspection reports in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in that area, with a grade of A. Few other nursing homes can boast of receiving an A- or better in every single category. Our inspection scores are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. It does not appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.