Riverview Village

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this place also earned first-rate government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our best scores in that category, with a grade of A+. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

This nursing home is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B. It performed better than most facilities in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 98.63481 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the road score in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Turning to the final category, this nursing home received a grade of C in nursing, which is a decent score. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below the national average. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in some quality-focused metrics. We like to look at the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these issues.