Meadow View Health Services

We want to point out that this facility outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest scores in this area with a grade of A+. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

This nursing home also was awarded a positive grade in our short-term care category. We gave this facility a better than average grade of B in this area. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. Our nursing rating assesses many datapoints, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this statistic. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving residents at least once a day.

The next area we rated is long-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. Naturally, this score pulled down the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.36066 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.