Kutz Rehabilitation and Nursing

In addition to earning a great overall score, this nursing home excelled in inspections, which is based on its recent inspection reports. We awarded it an A for this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Compounding its high-end assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. This facility is head and heels above most nursing homes in this category.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The fourth area we rated is short-term care, where this nursing home received a B+. This finished off an elite profile. Few facilities received a B+ or better in in each area we assessed. Our short-term care scores are probably most important for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at 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.