Ridgewood Manor

Even though we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care score this year. We gave it a C in that category. Our short-term care scores are presumably most important for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. Nursing scores are mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

Unfortunately, this place received a lowly F for its inspection grade. This is a particularly important category. Grades in this range often mean we found red flags on the nursing home's inspection reports. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

The next area we scored was long-term care. This facility received a very poor grade of F in that category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit worried that this facility administered the vaccine to a relatively low 61.65803 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.