Riverwalk Village

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. In computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we consider the number of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This place provided just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a patient more frequently.

This nursing home's third highest area turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 50.6 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.

Switching gears to our final category, this facility was given a grade of C for long-term care, which we consider to be a decent rating. In the category of long-term care, we assess the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 98.79227 percent of its patients, which is an above average datapoint. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 2.23 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most facilities since it had more complicated patients.