Hubbard Hill Estates

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. There are several criteria within this area. Most of the subcategories reflect nurse staffing. This facility provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With below five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any facility the country in this category.

Adding to its top-shelf profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for the category. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 95.69892 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.87 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Moving on to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we gave it a score of A for that category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to our next area, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category. We awarded it an A for this area. This completed a straight A profile. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 56.8 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly better rate than most facilities.