Marlow Nursing & Rehab

On top of being a strong facility overall, this place especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Not many nursing homes fared better in this area. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor dings are not something to panic about.

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing score is primarily based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a patient even once per day.

The third area we assessed was short-term care, where this facility received a B- in this category. In our short-term care category, we endeavor to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we considered in this category is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

The last category we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a C in the category. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the amount of care provided by a nursing home, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. We were a bit alarmed this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to only 84.210526 percent of its residents. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.