Riddle Memorial Hosp Hb Snf

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also was given an A+ for its short-term care score. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more important for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home excelled at the highest level in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it offered about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country in this area with 67 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.

Turning our next category, this nursing home was given a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, it received a score of A in this category. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We weren't able to find this facility's vaccination rates. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In our final area, this facility also received an impressive nursing grade, with a grade of A-. This finished off a first-rate report card. Our nursing grade considers several data points. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This place boasts a really impressive 6 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home in the nation when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We look at these data points as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care provided.