Sheffield Manor Nursing & Rehab Center

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an B+. There are a variety of datapoints included in this grade. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home's next most favorable area turned out to be short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

The last category we rated was long-term care. It received an abysmal F for this category, which is a very poor score. This is clearly a significant concern. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 65.8147 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.