Ohesson Manor

Although we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it received a relatively impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored 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. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

Sadly, this facility's next highest category was long-term care. However, with a D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. 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. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the vaccine to only 88.32891 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

The last area we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home received a rock bottom grade in this category also. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is definitely a major concern. Short-term care scores are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With a score this poor for this category, we were not shocked to learn that this facility was below average in two of the key staffing metrics we assess. The facility supplied far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.