Rosewalk

While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid health inspections in recent years. We gave it a respectable grade of B+ in this category, which is much better than its overall score. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid places that had a long list of deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This facility also was given a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it a grade of B in this area, which is one of our more favorable scores. In our short-term care score, we strive to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing score analyzes quite a few subcategories, but the main one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility averaged just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.

The final area we rated was long-term care, was this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.