Parkview Care Center

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to create 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 earned high scores in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an B-. The nursing score includes a host of datapoints. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared with most facilities. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.

The next category we graded is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a decent grade of C. Our short-term care grades are arguably more important for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

This nursing home's weakest area is long-term care, which is the last category we scored. In this area, we awarded this facility a D. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home vaccinated 95.505615 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable percentage. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.