Hirest Health Care Center

Hirest Health Care Center is located in Danville, West Virginia. This city has a total of 4,296 people. This is a great nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good rating. We rated this nursing home in the top 50 facilities in West Virginia. This facility was also given impressive grades in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality facility is that it received an impressive inspection rating. Inspections is its best category grade. In that category, we gave it an A-. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility fared well in our long-term care category. As a result, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which happens to be one of our most impressive scores. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.67949 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.23 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering falls which lead to major injury, this facility performed as well as any nursing home in the state. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The last area we looked at is short-term care, where we awarded it a strong grade of B. This nursing home really does not have any weak grades. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that it fared better than most nursing homes with 49.2 percent of its patients returning home.