Homestead II

In addition to being a strong facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Not many nursing homes fared better in that category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of long-term care. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that category, with a score of B. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. In determining a facility's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a low total compared with most facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Turning to the final category, this facility received a respectable short-term care score of B-. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below average.