Skyview Nursing Center

While this nursing home's overall score was abysmal, it actually fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our higher grades. This is one of the only good things we could find to say about this facility. Our short-term care ratings are vital for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is far below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. Although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning residents even once per day.

This nursing home received a grade of just D in the area of inspections. Our inspection ratings factor in many items found on the facility's recent inspection reports. If you find severe deficiencies on the reports, this is generally the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we want to point out that this place was assessed large government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This usually suggests that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for more than one year.

The next category we scored was long-term care, in which this facility was given a rock bottom score in this area as well. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the facility did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated a relatively low 80.303024 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.