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In addition to being a strong facility overall, it also earned A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A. In computing our nursing grades, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in this area. Our short-term care grades are likely most important for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The final category we analyzed ended up being this facility's worst area. However, even its lowest point would be a strength for most nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.373985 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.