Mercy Manor Transition Center

On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility fared well in our short-term care category. We awarded it an impressive grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. In determining these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The final area we looked at was long-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable grade in this category, with a grade of C. Although this wasn't as strong as several of its other scores, it is still not a poor grade. Long-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's amount of care. This includes a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. It doesn't look like this nursing home submitted data regarding vaccinations. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.