Little Sisters of the Poor

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 95.90164 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.84 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home is close to average in this area.

This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Nursing scores are largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the better totals in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by both of these statistics. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in the state in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Another quality feature of this facility is its inspection score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a score of A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to the final category, this nursing home was given a highly favorable short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that category, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This category is typically a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This facility provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. This is generally a great sign. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.