Robertsdale Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

On top of faring well overall, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in this area with an A. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS did not 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.

To add to its first-rate assessments in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. This facility really knocked it out of the park in this area.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In our last area, this nursing home also received a very strong short-term care grade, with a B+. This finished off a very favorable profile. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be more meaningful for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.