Lincoln Park Manor

On top of receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Among the reasons we rated this nursing home so well is that it received a favorable short-term care score. Indeed, short-term care is its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a score of A-. In crafting these short-term care scores, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. The nursing grade features several datapoints. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averages 0.3 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 typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next area we looked at was long-term care, which is this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. Naturally, this grade hurt the facility's overall profile a bit. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 75 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a few points lower than average. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.