Marian Manor Corporation

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also performed well in our inspections category, which is based on its inspection reports. We awarded it an A in this area. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among its many high-end scores, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a score of A in that area. Short-term care ratings are vital for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. Adding to its elite resume, this nursing home also performed well in this category. In fact, we gave it a grade of of A for that area. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.409325 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In the final area, we awarded this nursing home an A for our nursing grade. This rounded out an elite profile. The nursing grade assesses several subcategories, however, the main one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented with better nursing care.