Mount Vernon Countryside Manor

While this nursing home earned a decent overall grade, its inspections score is notably better than its overall grade. Due to a strong inspection report this year, it earned one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

We also gave this facility an impressive score in long-term care. This nursing home earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home was given its third most favorable category grade in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

Our last category is nursing, where we gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area. The nursing score weighs several data points. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. 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 assessed several nursing quality measures. Although this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning residents even once per day.