Provo Rehabilitation and Nursing

While this nursing home's overall grade was terrible, it didn't perform as badly in nursing. In fact, we gave it a B- for this category. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared well in this statistic. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning patients more often.

Surprisingly, we awarded this facility a B- for its short-term care score, which is not a bad grade. Short-term care grades are generally employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Unfortunately, this facility only earned a grade of D for its long-term care grade, which is well below average in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated just 34.72585 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

In our last area of inspections, this facility received an F in this area. Since this data is compiled by government inspectors, we heavily weight negative feedback in this category. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection grade. We suggest you scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This facility had 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.