Medilodge of Taylor

This nursing home's best category grade came in the area of inspections. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B+. We looked at the skill-level of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses spent with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Moving on to our last category, this facility did not fare well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this was this facility's worst area. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.30539 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.