O'connor Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Contributing to its high-end profile, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in the category. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an A for that category. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. We weren't able to find information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The last area we scored is short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B+. This wrapped up a very strong profile. Only a select few nursing homes received a B+ or better in all four categories. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.