Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital

In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this facility performed well in our nursing category. We gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing category includes many components, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a score of B+. Short-term care grades are meaningful for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

This nursing home earned a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Turning to the next category, this facility was given an acceptable long-term care grade of B-. In determining our long-term care scores, we analyze the personal care received by a facility's residents. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.