Parkview Manor Care Center

On top of faring well overall, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Our inspection grades are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. At least one fourth of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. In determining our grades, we apply additional weight to care provided by more highly trained nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

Turning our next area, this facility was awarded a strong short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- in this area. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

In the final category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for its long-term care score. This rounded out an elite profile. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 96.80851 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.