Pioneer Memorial Care Center

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing grades are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a patient more often.

An additional strong feature for this nursing home is that it received a very positive short-term care grade. In fact, this wound up being its second best category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a B+. In our short-term care grade, we seek to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

In addition, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Turning to the last category we assessed, this facility earned a decent grade in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.