Ivy Court

While this nursing home's overall score is not a highlight, it received a slightly more favorable score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a grade of B- for that area, which is a decent score. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B-. Our nursing rating is based on a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this place got docked 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 patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients more often.

The next most favorable category we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

The final category we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home received a very poor score in this area also. We gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is definitely a major concern. In a long-term care environment, 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 residents. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 98.611115 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.