Park Regency Care Center

On top of being a strong nursing home overall, this place excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Not many facilities fared better in that category. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive short-term care grade. In fact, this proved to be its second best category score. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B+. Short-term care scores are vital for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. In determining our nursing scores, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In our last area, we awarded this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. This finished off a very strong profile. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.