Nella's

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A-. This is a much better grade than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility's second most favorable category was long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 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 C in this category. There are quite a few datapoints within this grade. Most of these criteria are tied to nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Switching gears to our next category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D for short-term care. This is the nursing home's worst category grade. In our short-term care category, we attempt to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home.