Modesto Post Acute Center

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on its recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care grades this year. Indeed, we gave it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B. Short-term care grades are generally used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Switching gears to our final area, this facility received a decent nursing grade. Even though this was not nearly as strong as some of its other scores, this is really not a poor grade. The nursing grade includes a handful of data points, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving patients more frequently.