Leisure Homestead at St John

On top of receiving a great overall score, this facility also received an elite nursing rating. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an A-. In computing our nursing scores, we look at both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning residents even once per day.

An additional strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive long-term care grade. In fact, this wound up being its second best category score. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.

In the final category, we gave this nursing home an B+ for its short-term care rating. This topped off a very impressive report card. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. We weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.