Honorage Nursing Center

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility received even higher grades in the area of long-term care. In fact, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In addition, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we look at the amount of time nurses are with patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This place averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is a very low figure. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this statistic. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.

The next area we assessed is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is an abysmal score. You should not simply rule out a facility due to one terrible grade though. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this nursing home's short-term care grade.