Sarah Reed Senior Living

On top of receiving a great overall score, this facility excelled in our nursing category. We awarded it an A- for that area. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also was superb in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes performed better in this area. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is often a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Contributing to its first-rate assessment, this nursing home also was awarded a dominant long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 79.53891 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Turning to the last category we looked at, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a B+. Our inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.