Riverview Health & Rehab Center

Riverview Health & Rehab Center is located in Savannah, Georgia. It looks like this is a very good nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility performed well in the area of long-term care. As a result, we awarded it a grade of A for that area, which happens to be one of our most dominant scores. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.41292 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.86 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this category, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. We looked at the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. This place performed admirably in this metric. Avoiding major falls is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

The next category we rated ended up being this nursing home's poorest category. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it an acceptable grade of C in our short-term care category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 39.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.