Rivergate Terrace

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection rating outpaced its overall grade. In fact, we gave it a B+ for its inspections grade, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B. There are quite a few factors within this grade. Many of these criteria reflect levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Unfortunately, this nursing home only earned a D for its short-term care rating, which is not one of our better scores. Our short-term care ratings are probably most meaningful for individuals needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this facility offers far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.7 percent of its residents returning home.

The last area we assessed was long-term care, proved to be this nursing home's worst category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 72.63017 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly lower than the national average. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.