Pershing General Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility

Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its decent grade of B- in the category of nursing. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

This facility received its second most favorable category grade in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable score. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

We also gave this facility a solid score in the category of long-term care, with a B-. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 75.58139 percent of its residents. This is many points below what we expected. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection score. We gave it just a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a facility's government inspections. We weight poor inspection grades heavily in our assessment. Since the inspection reports are compiled by independent inspectors, we consider this data to be reliable. Our inspection grades weigh many items found on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. When you see severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This particular facility had 3 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.