Regent Care Center of Reno

Regent Care Center of Reno is in Reno, Nevada. This city is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the country with has a population of 276,896 people. This turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. The facilities in Reno received high grades across the board with a B+ city grade, making this one of the best places in Nevada to find a nursing home. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Another strong feature for this nursing home is that it received a very positive short-term care grade. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a B+. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is considered to be a solid measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Nevada in this area with 57.6 percent of its residents returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of subcategories, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Our next category is long-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a B- in this category. In crafting our long-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's personal care services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 75.13513 percent of its patients. This is quite a bit below average. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.55 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.