Larchwood Inns

While this facility's overall grade is not a highlight, it received a somewhat respectable score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is a decent score. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B-. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.

The third highest category we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most meaningful for patients needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

The final area we scored was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a grade of B- for this category. Our long-term care grades are more important for individuals in need of more conventional assistance associated with personal care. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 92.951546 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is slightly lower than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.