Premier at Perry Village for Nursing and Rehab, Ll

Premier at Perry Village for Nursing and Rehab, Ll is a senior living facility located in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, a city with 4,298 people. Our scoring scheme was not very kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall grade of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in New Bloomfield. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually performed pretty well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This facility's second best category was long-term care, but it still received just a D in that category. This turns out to be a well below average score. For patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.45206 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.82 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

We were stunned to find that this nursing home also excelled in nursing. In fact, we gave it a score of D for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our nursing rating assesses a handful of subcategories, but the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. On top of receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this facility was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.

The next category we analyzed was short-term care. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. Short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With its grade in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 31.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this nursing home's short-term care score.