Maranatha Village

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider 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 next area we assessed was short-term care. This facility received a favorable short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in the category. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is generally a reliable measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

The last category we looked at is nursing, where this facility was given a B-. Although this ended up being its poorest category score, this is still not a bad grade. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is well below average. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.