Patewood Post Acute

On top of earning a strong overall grade, this facility fared well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of A- for that category. In our short-term care grade, we strive to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Turning to another one of this place's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best categories. We gave this nursing home an B+. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our higher scores in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.46154 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Our last category is nursing, in which we gave this facility a C in this area. The nursing score is based on a number of subcategories. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, nursing scores also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.