Mary's Woods

On top of faring well overall, this nursing home also earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A+. Inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its high-end accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A- for its long-term care grade. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Clearly we were satisfied with what we found for this category.

This nursing home also received a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this category. In determining these short-term care scores, we look at 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 formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Switching gears to our fourth category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that area. This finalized a very impressive profile. Nursing grades are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.