Lyon Specialty Care

This facility's overall grade was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in this area, with a B+. This is a much better score than the facility's overall score. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. When computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This facility also was given an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it a grade of B+ in that area, which happens to be one of our better. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Moving on to the final category, we gave this nursing home a D for our long-term care category. This was the facility's least impressive category score. Sadly, this score hurt the nursing home's overall grade a bit. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 92.70073 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a bit lower than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.