Jamestowne Inpatient & Outpatient Therapy

We also wanted to point out the fact that this facility earned near flawless health inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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 also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most critical for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents more often.

The last area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave this facility a solid grade in that area, with a grade of B-. While this wasn't on par with many of this nursing home's other grades, it is still not a poor grade. In the area of long-term care, we focus more on the amount of services provided by a facility, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. One of the data points we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. It does not appear that this facility provided information on its vaccination levels. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.