Pine View Care Center

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable nursing grade of B-. Nursing scores are primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric.

This nursing home's next best area was its short-term care grade, where it received a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

The third category we analyzed was long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of C. Our long-term care scores are more critical for those in need of more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 96.969696 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The last area we looked at is inspections. Inspection ratings are based on a facility's recent government inspection reports. This nursing home received a C in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were in categories G through L. This tells you that this facility avoided the more serious classes of deficiencies. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.