Promontory Point Rehabilitation

In addition to being a first-rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Short-term care grades are critical for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Compounding its first-rate accomplishments in other areas, we gave this nursing home a score of A for its long-term care score. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. This place knocked it out of the park in this area.

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Nursing scores are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Lastly, this nursing home also earned a virtually flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few facilities in Idaho to earn straight A's. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.