Regency House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Regency House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large facility located in Wallingford, Connecticut. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. This facility definitely has plenty of good features. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

To pair with its strong overall performance, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Among this facility's other achievements is its superb short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our best scores in that category, with a score of A-. In forming our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 60.8 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

The final area we rated is long-term care. This facility was given a grade of C for the category. For patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 93.11225 percent of its patients, which is a few points lower than we anticipated. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 1.81 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than the majority of nursing homes due to it having some more complex patients.