Nevada Nursing & Rehab

While we were not very complementary of this nursing home's overall score, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best scores in that category with an A-. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

This facility's second most favorable category ended up being its short-term care grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Another unfortunate development was the F this nursing home received in the category of long-term care. Facilities that don't fare well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated just 70.5 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.

The next category we looked at is nursing, where this facility was given a poor grade in this category as well. It received a lowly F for this area, which is definitely very concerning. Nursing scores are largely tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.