Menno-Olivet Care Center

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. The nursing grade is based on numerous subcategories. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This first-rate nursing home also dominated in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.86363 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life or death condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In addition, this nursing home also earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in that category, with an A-. Our inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Moving on to our next category, this facility was given an extremely favorable short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in this area, finishing off one of our more favorable profiles. Our short-term care ratings are likely most critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.