Lake Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with a grade of A. This is a much better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. Nursing grades are largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The third area we graded is short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our short-term care ratings are important for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The next category we rated is long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. Unfortunately, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade a bit. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility gave the vaccine to 99.23077 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable figure. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.