Holiday Heights Healthcare

The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. Its inspection score was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A-. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

One of this nursing home's more favorable category grades came in the area of long-term care. This proved to be its second most respectable category. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In computing our long-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's personal care services. We were unable to find a few datapoints in calculating this place's long-term care score, so this grade may not be as accurate as some of our other category scores.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, while this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this statistic.

The next category we rated is short-term care, which is this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. Short-term care scores are important for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With a score of this caliber for this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this place was well below average in many staffing metrics we assess. In fact, it offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.