Leisure Homestead at Stafford

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home also received an impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it a B in this area, which happens to be one of our better. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.63946 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. Our nursing rating weighs numerous factors. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we analyzed is short-term care. This nursing home was given a C for this category. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. It does not look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.