Kings Daughters Medical Center

In addition to performing well overall, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that area with a grade of A+. Our inspection scores are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't 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.

Among its many high-end grades, this nursing home was awarded an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A in that area. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It does not appear that this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this nursing home performed much more favorably. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 70.4 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.

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+. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the final category, this facility also received an impressive long-term care score, with a B+. This finished off a very impressive profile. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We weren't able to track down this place's vaccination data. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.