Laurels of Shane Hill

With an address in Rockford, Ohio, Laurels of Shane Hill is one of just a few facilities in this city. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a subpar nursing home. In our view, we would struggle to recommend this place. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our best scores. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

This nursing home's second highest category was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a C. Our short-term care ratings are important for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 42.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. The nursing category is based on many factors, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its residents.

The final category we scored is long-term care, in which this facility received a rock bottom grade in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is obviously a major concern. Long-term care scores in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 92.59259 percent of its patients, which is a few points below what we anticipated. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.51 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.