Manor Grove

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 95.1049 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's government inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The third area we graded was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an impressive short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in this area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be a real strength for this nursing home. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in this area with 62.8 percent of its residents returning home.

The last area we looked at was nursing, in which this facility was given a grade of B. Even though this turned out to be its worst category score, this is nevertheless a favorable rating. The nursing score assesses a handful of components, however, the paramount one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provides a very impressive 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the highest totals in the country. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering falls which lead to major injury, this facility performed as well as any facility in the nation. 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.