Surgeons Choice Medical Center

We also found that this facility excelled at short-term care. We awarded them an A+ in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is frequently a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 7.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+. Nursing grades are primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a patient more often.

Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

The final area we rated ended up being this nursing home's worst area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of C for long-term care. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted information on its vaccination levels. Lastly, this place excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.