Miller's Merry Manor

On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Very few nursing homes fared as well in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This high end facility also was superb in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. We looked at the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the final category we analyzed, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home topped off a straight A profile. Short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.