Seneca District Hospital D/P Snf

To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this place an A+ for inspections. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning to our third category, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. Our short-term care grades are likely more important for people in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The next area we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of C. While this proved to be its lowest category score, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 98.039215 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.