Shandin Hills Behavioral Health Center

The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of A-. This is a notably better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. There are many subcategories included in this category. Most of the criteria are tied to staffing levels. This place provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this subcategory. This is often an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents even once per day.

This facilities third best category is long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 97.402596 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning to our next area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D for short-term care. This is the facility's least impressive category rating. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. With its weak grade in this category, we were not shocked to learn this place provides far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.