Quaker Hill Manor

On top of earning a great overall score, this facility fared even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for this area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also gave this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.25373 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

We also awarded this facility a grade of A- for our short-term care score. Our short-term care grades are crucial for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

The next area we graded is nursing, which is a weak link for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of D for our nursing category, making this the facility's least impressive grade. We would nevertheless suggest that you look at the bigger picture. The nursing grade analyzes several components, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this place's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also didn't perform as well as we hoped in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed for this category.