Newaldaya Lifescapes

One of the reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.

We also want to emphasize the fact that this facility was awarded a dominant score of A- in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.313255 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next category we analyzed was short-term care. Adding to its first-rate resume, this nursing home also performed well in this area. In fact, we awarded it a of A- in the category. Our short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

The next category we graded is nursing. We gave this nursing home one of our better scores in this area, with a B. Although this isn't as strong as some of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless a positive grade. The nursing grade includes quite a few components, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care.