Providence St Joseph Hospital

The main thing propping up this facility's profile is its elite nursing score. We awarded this facility an A in that category. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an B+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home also was awarded a positive grade in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in that area. Short-term care grades are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 3.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the last area we analyzed. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 96.55172 percent of its patients, which is an above average total. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.