River Bend Nursing Center

This nursing home received a nursing score which is stronger than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. In computing our nursing ratings, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In addition, we also would like to note that this nursing home was awarded impressive short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more impressive grades in this area, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second best score. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most meaningful for those needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Next we looked at this facility's inspection score This is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this category. Our inspection ratings are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. 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. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

This facility's worst category was long-term care, which is the last category we scored. It received a lowly F in this area. In spite of a few decent scores in other areas, this score is nevertheless alarming so we wanted to make a note of it. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.