Renaissance Center

Even though we graded this nursing home very poorly overall, it received a somewhat respectable nursing score this year. We gave it a grade of B- in this area. Our nursing grade is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

This facility also didn't grade out poorly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- in that area, which turned out to be among its more favorable scores. In computing these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Our third category we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility was given an F. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated only 39.367813 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

In our final category of inspections, this facility received a terrible score. When a place has this poor of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This particular facility had 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.