Interlude Restorative Suites Unity

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled at short-term care, where it earned an A. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Adding to this nursing home's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home an A- for inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. 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.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. There are a host of factors included in this grade. Many of these criteria reflect 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 nursing home 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the final category we looked at, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the nursing home completed a very favorable report card. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We weren't able to locate this facility's vaccination rates. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.