Marycrest Manor

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Adding to its elite resume, this facility also performed well in our short-term care area. In fact, it received a grade of A for the category. Short-term care ratings are critical for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 7.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. There are several criteria included in this grade. Most of these factors are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Switching gears to our last category, this facility also performed admirably in the long-term care category. We gave it a B+ in this category. This completed a very strong profile. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 48.235294 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is slightly below what we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.