Magnolia Manor

While this place's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good score in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This place was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home's second most favorable category is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the road score in this area. In forming our long-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Sadly, this nursing home's next best score was short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still performed relatively badly. In determining these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Switching gears to our fourth area, we gave this facility a grade of D in the area of nursing. This was the facility's worst category grade. In determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.