Hollywood Premier Healthcare Center

While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home excelled in our nursing category, where it earned an C. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing scores are largely tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It scored well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

Unfortunately, this nursing home's third best category is long-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared relatively badly. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 99.07834 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

The final category we assessed is short-term care. This facility received a poor grade of F in that area. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 2.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.