Rimrock Villa Convalescent Hospital

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. In fact, its inspection grade was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

This nursing home also was awarded a strong grade in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home a better than average grade of B in this area. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This nursing home was awarded its next most favorable category grade in the area of long-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this category, which is an acceptable score. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Our last category is nursing, in which we gave this facility a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused metrics. We especially look at the percentage of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these metrics are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these issues.