Marlora Post Acute Rehab Hospital

While we were fairly low on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the facility's overall score. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of C in the area. Nursing ratings are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this metric. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a resident even once per day.

We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our long-term care rating. This is well below average in this category. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

The next category we scored is short-term care, turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this category. Our short-term care grades are presumably most critical for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its grade in this area, we were not surprised to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected here. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.3 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.