Park Place Nursing Facility

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in this area with an A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home was awarded its second most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this category, which is a respectable grade. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

The next highest area we gave this facility in any area came in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.52321 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The final category we rated was nursing, ended up being this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. The nursing score features a variety of data points. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averaged just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is far below average. On top of receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this facility was less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found this facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.