Silas Creek Rehabilitation Center

This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially would like to point out its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this area. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and 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 safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Another one of this nursing home's above average category grades came in the area of long-term care. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's third most favorable category was short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. With our short-term care assessment, we attempt to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Moving on to the next area, this facility received a grade of C for nursing, which is generally an acceptable grade. Our nursing grade looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.