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To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this facility an A+ for the area of inspections. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B+. Our nursing grade is largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a resident more frequently.

The next category we assessed is short-term care. This facility received a very positive short-term care score, with a grade of B in the category. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 4.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

The final area we rated is long-term care, is this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that category. This is one of just a couple of weak links of a quality report card. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 96.92308 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.