Mckinley Health Care Center

While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

We gave this nursing home just a D for our long-term care rating and that actually ended up being its next most respectable category. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is often a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 83.85965 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

This nursing home wound up receiving a rock-bottom grade in our short-term care area. It was given a lowly F in this area. Short-term care grades are vital for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With a score of this caliber in this area, we weren't shocked to find this place was below average in the two key staffing metrics we assess. In fact, it provided substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

The last category we assessed is nursing, where this facility received a rock bottom score in this area as well. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is obviously very concerning. Our nursing score analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These metrics hurt this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.