Matney's Colonial Manor

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

This nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an B+. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home was awarded its third highest category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category, which is a decent score. In the category of long-term care, we look at the amount of services offered by a nursing home, as opposed to more sophisticated services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 71.89189 percent of its patients. This is multiple points less than what we were hoping for. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The final area we assessed was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is a fair grade in this category. Our short-term care ratings are critical for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.