Jefferson House

In addition to being a great facility overall, it also earned A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It doesn't appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To add to its impressive assessments in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. This place knocked it out of the park in this area.

We also want to point out the fact that this facility was given an elite grade of A in our short-term care category. Our short-term care scores are vital for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In our final area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing score. This rounded out a very favorable report card. There are a variety of subcategories included in this area. Most of these subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.