Lafayette Manor

Lafayette Manor is located in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. It looks like this is a very good nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. We also gave this facility phenomenal ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for inspections. Our inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a score of B+. Our short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. It fared better than most facilities in this area with 55.4 percent of its residents returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care.

The final area we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average long-term care score this year, with a grade of B. This nursing home really doesn't have any weak categories. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.61 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.