Knollwood Healthcare

This facility received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it an A in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This facility also was awarded a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. It doesn't appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

The final area we looked at was long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. This facility did not prove to have any weak categories. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We weren't able to find this place's vaccination data. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.