Marin Post Acute

To pair with its decent overall grade, we awarded this facility an A- for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall rating. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

We also awarded this facility a decent grade in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Switching gears to our last area, we awarded this facility a grade of D for the area of long-term care. This is the facility's weakest category grade. Of course, this score pulled down the nursing home's overall grade to a certain degree. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were not able to locate this place's vaccination data. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.