Mountain View Community

The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. Inspection grades are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities 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.

Another one of this facility's higher category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B. It actually fared better than most facilities in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.729 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our nursing grade is based on quite a few factors, but the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is a very low figure. Lastly, although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory.

The next area we graded is short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in that area. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.