Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center

One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it received an impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections ended up being its best category. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A. Inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was awarded a very impressive short-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this facility's second most impressive category score. In that area, this facility received a score of A. Our short-term care scores are crucial for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This nursing home also was superb in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Only a select group of facilities fared better in this area. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. Once we assessed the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 92.91338 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Moving on to the fourth area, this nursing home received a highly favorable nursing grade. We awarded it a B+ in that area, finishing off one of our more favorable report cards. Our nursing score looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.