Mccullough Hall Nursing Center

We would like to point out that this place's long-term care score exceeded its overall score. This nursing home earned a B in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This nursing home also received a strong inspection grade. Inspection grades are based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. We awarded this facility a B in this area. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. There are several subcategories within this category. Many of the datapoints relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Lastly, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.

The last category we analyzed was short-term care, proved to be this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a D in this category. Our short-term care grades are thought to be more critical for those requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Based on its weak grade in this area, we were not stunned to find this nursing home offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.