Laurelwood Healthcare Center

We want to point out that this facility really outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Inspection scores are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Based on this, we had favorable view of this nursing home's inspections.

One of this nursing home's better category scores came in the area of long-term care. This turned out to be its second most respectable category. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.2381 percent of its patients, which is a very solid datapoint. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. We looked at the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we looked at is short-term care. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is an abysmal score. This is clearly a major concern. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this place is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.