Meadowbrook Village Christian Retirement Community

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed as well in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In addition, this facility received quality marks in the category of long-term care. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with a score of A+. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.7 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The last area we assessed was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of A. This completed a first-rate profile. Not many nursing homes earned an A- or better in in each area we assessed. Our short-term care grade is typically used to score a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.