Judson Care Center

While we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our nursing category. Our nursing grade considers a host of datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided just 0 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

This facility also didn't perform too badly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- in that area, which turned out to be among its more respectable scores. Our short-term care grades are presumably more important for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Unfortunately, this nursing home's next best category was long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared relatively badly. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 74.69388 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is several points below what we were hoping for. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We would pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a threat 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.