Interlude Restorative Suites Unity

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In crafting our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Turning to inspections, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspections. We awarded it an A- for that category. Inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Switching gears to our fourth area, this facility also performed admirably in our long-term care category. We awarded it a grade of B+ for this category. This completed a very strong profile. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We weren't able to track down information on vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.