Renaissance Park Multi Care Center

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility really outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category grades came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. It actually fared better than most facilities in this area. Short-term care grades are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing rating. We gave this facility an impressive grade of D. Our nursing score is based on a handful of datapoints, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last area we rated is long-term care, was this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this facility a D in this area. This is one of just a few weak points on an otherwise impressive report card. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.