Life Care Center of Plano

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received top notch inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our best grades in this category, with a grade of A+. Inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the category of short-term care. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of B. With our short-term care category, we seek to create a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One reason for this nursing home's impressive grade in short-term care is that it provides a significantly larger volume of hours of physical therapy than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that it performed better than most facilities in the nation in this area with 52.9 percent of its patients able to return home.

The third category we graded was long-term care. This facility received an above average long-term care grade, with a B in the area. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.16667 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at was its hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 4.11 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as favorable as some of its other scores in this category, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.

The last area we assessed was nursing. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. According to its CMS reports, this place provided an average of 4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which was above the national average. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.