North Bend Post Acute

While we didn't give this nursing home a good overall score, we actually gave it a strong grade in nursing, where it earned a B+. This is better than most nursing homes in this category. There are a variety of datapoints included in this grade. Many of the subcategories are tied to nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place 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 nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents even once per day.

This facility's long-term care rating turns out to be one of its more favorable scores. The nursing home received a C in this category. Our long-term care grade is commonly used to gauge a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 95.3125 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Unfortunately, with a grade of D in the inspection category, this facility performed relatively poorly in that area. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This typically means that a nursing home's poor track record spanned several years.

The final area we analyzed was short-term care, where this nursing home was given a very poor grade in this area as well. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 2.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.