Mt Healthy Christian Home

In addition to receiving an elite overall grade, this facility also received an A+ inspection score. This grade is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can offer a facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

This facility also was awarded a high-end short-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's second most impressive category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing grades are largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the final area, this nursing home also received a very strong long-term care rating, with a B+. This wrapped up an elite profile. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.01478 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.