Signature Healthcare at Sts Mary & Elizabeth Hospi

On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually flawless. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also received a very impressive short-term care grade. Indeed, this is this facility's second most impressive category grade. In that area, this facility received a score of A. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 7.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing scores are mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In our last area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our long-term care grade. This finished off a very strong report card. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. One of the data points we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. It does not appear that this facility provided information on its vaccination levels. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.