Pilgrim Place Health Services Center

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of short-term care. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 7.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

To complement its high-end performance in other areas, we awarded this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.82539 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing rating is primarily based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the last area we looked at, we found that this facility received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from government inspectors. As a result, it received a decent grade in inspections with a B. This facility didn't have any major weaknesses. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.