Hirest Home

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

This facility is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.

The last category we scored is short-term care, where this facility was given a C. This actually proved to be this facility's weakest category. This is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. Our short-term care scores are probably most critical for residents in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 44.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.