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 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Unfortunately, this facility received very weak government inspections in recent years, causing them to receive an F in our inspection category. An F in this area is generally a signal that we found some red flags on the nursing home's government inspection reports. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We would scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

The last area we looked at was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is a rock bottom score. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes offer. After we finished assessing the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 51.392406 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.