Marian Medical Center D/P Snf

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our rating in this category. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving residents more frequently.

An additional reason we assessed this facility so favorably is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is simply as strong as it gets in this area. In forming our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home 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 nursing home. We found that 6.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

The fourth area we rated was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B+. This topped off a first-rate report card. Few facilities received a B+ or higher in each of our categories. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.52217 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.