Riverside Manor Nrsg & Rehab Center

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home also earned first-rate government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher grades in this area, with an A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so favorably is that it received a favorable short-term care score. In fact, short-term care is its second highest category score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing grade weighs several datapoints, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient even once per day.

The next area we scored is long-term care. This facility was awarded a favorable long-term care grade this year, with a grade of C. Although this wasn't as strong as several of its other category grades, this remains a decent score in that category. For residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.57447 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.