Seiling Nursing Center

In addition to faring well in its overall grade, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider 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.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing score weighs a variety of datapoints. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded an elite score of A- in our long-term care area. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 78.57143 percent of its residents, which is somewhat less than we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Switching gears to our fourth area, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for this category. This topped off truly elite report card. Our short-term care grades are thought to be most meaningful for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.