Phoenix Mountain Post Acute

While this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it received a slightly more favorable score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B- for that area, which is a decent score. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an B-. Nursing grades are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

The next area we looked at is short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a decent grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most meaningful for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on quality of care. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The last category we looked at is long-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is a decent grade in this area. Our long-term care scores are more important for those in need of more conventional assistance associated with personal care. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. It doesn't look like this facility submitted information on its vaccination levels. Finally, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.