Holy Family Residence

Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we would like to note its decent health inspections in recent years. We awarded it a somewhat respectable score of B- in this area. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our nursing score assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. 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. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

This facility was awarded its third most favorable category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this area, which is a respectable score. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.487434 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next category we scored is short-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a C. In forming these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.