Blue Stream Rehab & Nursing

While this facility's overall score was rock bottom, it didn't perform as badly in nursing. We gave it a grade of B- for that area. There are a host of criteria within this category. Most of the datapoints relate to levels of nurse staffing. This facility averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is well below average. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. Although this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this statistic. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a patient at least once a day.

Interestingly, this facility's awful overall score can't really be attributed to its inspection reports. We gave it a C for inspections. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Unfortunately, this facility's third best score is short-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared somewhat poorly. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this place offers significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.

The final category we looked at was long-term care. This facility received an abysmal grade of F in this area. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 95.85799 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.