Lincoln Hills Health Center

This nursing home's overall score was bolstered by the fact that it has received favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it a strong score in this area, with a B+. This is a much better score than the facility's overall score. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

We also gave this facility a middle of the road score in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 99.324326 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. Nursing scores are primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat alarming figure as it is well below average. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

The next area we looked at is short-term care. We awarded it a C in that category. This is not a bad grade in this category. Our short-term care grades are likely more important for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.