The Rehab Suites at Magnolia Crossing

This facility excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received an A-. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.431816 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. In computing a facility's nursing score, we consider the number of hours nurses are with residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

The last area we assessed is short-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest category. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this category, which is certainly a major disappointment. Our short-term care scores are critical for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With a score of this caliber in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home was below average in two of the key staffing areas we looked at. The nursing home supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.6 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.