Sheridan Care Center

While we did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall grade, it did receive a respectable inspection report this year. It received a decent score in that category with a score of B-. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. There are quite a few datapoints within this category. Most of these criteria are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this statistic. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.

The next area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in this area. Short-term care grades are often employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on quality of care. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

The final area we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a grade of B- for this area. In the category of long-term care, we weigh the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, rather than more medically-intensive services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 97.27273 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.