Medicalodges Nevada

This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Another one of this facility's better category grades came in the category of short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B. It actually performed better than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

The final area we rated is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this area. This is a decent grade in this category. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 86.92307 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.