San Jacinto Healthcare

On top of earning a great overall score, this nursing home also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving patients even once per day.

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care grades are presumably more meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The last category we graded ended up being this facility's poorest category. However, even its worst category would likely be a strength for many nursing homes. In fact, we gave it a favorable grade of B for long-term care. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.