Mountain View Manor

While we did not rate this facility well overall, we would like to note its decent inspections in recent years. We gave it a somewhat respectable grade of B- in that area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a somewhat alarming figure as it is well below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did well in this area. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a resident even once per day.

This facility received its next most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is more often than not a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

Moving on to the last area, this facility was awarded a decent long-term care grade of C. In crafting our long-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinates 99.41521 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.