Rose Blumkin Jewish Home

In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings aren't something to panic about.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this facility an A. Nursing scores are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also fared well in several of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is often a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Additionally, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the significant amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.47328 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.75 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home was just about middle of the road in this area.

The last area we analyzed turned out to be this facility's weakest category. Nevertheless, even its lowest point would actually be a highlight for many facilities. We gave it a strong grade of B in our short-term care category. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 40.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.