Miller's Merry Manor

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave it a grade of A. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility an B. We looked at the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in computing our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facilities next best area is short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this category. In our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech 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 assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

The next category we rated is long-term care. It received a lowly F in this category, which is an abysmal grade. This is certainly a major disappointment. Nursing homes that do not score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 84.166664 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.