Medford Leas

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its superb long-term care grade. It received one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. Clearly we were content with what we found for this category.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. There are quite a few subcategories within this area. Many of these factors reflect staffing levels. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final area we analyzed turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still gave it an acceptable grade of C for short-term care. In our short-term care rating, we seek to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.