Miller Nursing Home

On top of earning a great overall grade, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the facility's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it a grade of A+ for that area, which is one of our best grades. Our inspection ratings are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this facility's other accomplishments is its top-shelf long-term care score. We awarded them one of our best grades in that category, with a grade of A. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.65096 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility was awarded its third best category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this area, which is a respectable grade. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

Turning to our fourth category, this facility was awarded a decent nursing score of C. The nursing category weighs quite a few data points, most of which are based on nursing hours. This place provides only 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, we look at quality-based statistics, such as the percent of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.