Morrow Manor Nursing Center

One of the reasons this place is a strong nursing home is that it received a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In this area, we awarded this facility an A. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and 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 health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing grade weighs many subcategories, however, the primary one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. 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 nursing home 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning to the third category, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The next category we assessed was short-term care, in which this nursing home received a grade of B. This facility did not end up having any weak links. Our short-term care grades are arguably more meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes 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 final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.