Skld Whitehall

On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.3 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home also received a positive grade in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in that category. In crafting our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This nursing home's inspection grade appears to be one of its best features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates it avoided the more serious categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Turning to the fourth area, this nursing home really did not perform well. With a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is this nursing home's weakest grade. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes offer. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home gave the vaccine to just 73.50746 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.