Peach Tree Place

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an C. Our nursing score consists of a handful of factors, but the main one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an 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.

The third highest category we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a C. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This nursing home's worst category was long-term care, which is the final area we scored. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.64865 percent of its patients, which is better than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.