Lindale Healthcare Center

On top of receiving an elite overall rating, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection rating. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning the page to our third area, this facility was given an excellent long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 96.51163 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The fourth area we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility was given a B+. This topped off a very strong profile. Few facilities received a B+ or higher in every single category. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.