Holly Heights Care Center

In addition to being a top notch nursing home overall, it also performed well in inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down deficiency data for this facility. Without having access to complete deficiency related data for this nursing home, it ended up being a challenge to fully evaluate it in this category.

This facility also excelled in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Not many nursing homes fared better in this area. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.42029 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing grade consists of quite a few datapoints, however, the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In our last area, we gave this nursing home a A for its short-term care rating. This topped off a very strong report card. With our short-term care assessment, we seek to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.