Medicalodges Post Acute Care Center

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this area. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

This nursing home also didn't fare poorly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a B- in that area, which ended up being another one of its higher scores. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

We wanted to point out this nursing home's inspection grade where it received a lowly F. This usually means we found red flags on its government inspections. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility had 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

The final category we graded was long-term care. It received an F for this area, which is an abysmal score. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 34.183674 percent of its residents. This is many points less than average. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.