Pleasant View Nsg Home

On top of having a decent overall score, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home received favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in this category, with a B+. This is a notably better score than the nursing home's overall score. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility earned high scores in the category of nursing as well. It received one of our highest grades in that category with an B-. There are a host of factors included in this grade. Most of the subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the number of hours of care offered.

The next category we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility received a grade of C in this category. Short-term care grades are critical for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The last area we graded is long-term care, which ended up being a weak spot for this nursing home. We gave this facility a D for long-term care. Facilities that don't fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 63.548386 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be several points below average. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.