Manderley Health Care Center

On top of being a quality facility overall, this facility especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Not many facilities fared better in that area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This nursing home was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A few minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

Another one of this nursing home's above average category scores came in the area of long-term care. We awarded them one of our stronger grades in that category, with a score of B. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.31034 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. The nursing rating consists of many subcategories, many of which are based on nursing hours. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a resident more often.

The final category we looked at is short-term care, in which we gave it a strong grade of B. This facility really did not have any weaknesses. Our short-term care ratings are critical for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.