Park View Care Center

This nursing home's overall grade was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable health inspections in recent years. We awarded it a strong score in this category, with a grade of B. This is a much better score than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility also was given a favorable long-term care score. Indeed, we gave them a B in that area, which is one of our better. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. There are numerous factors included in this category. Most of the subcategories reflect levels of nurse staffing. This facility averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

The last category we graded was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this area. In the category of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.