Signature Pointe

On top of faring well overall, this facility earned an excellent inspection report. Consequently, we gave it one of our highest scores in this area with a grade of A. Inspection grades are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem 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 rare in this industry.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home 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 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 frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next area we graded is short-term care. This facility was given a favorable short-term care grade, with a B+ in the category. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Moving on to the fourth area, this nursing home also performed admirably in our long-term care category. We awarded it a B+ for this category. This finalized a very impressive report card. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 78.61842 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a bit below what we anticipated but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.