Smith County Memorial Hospital Ltcu

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.61905 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home 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.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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. There are a number of factors included in this category. Many of the factors relate to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Moving on to our fourth category, this nursing home was awarded a high-end short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a B+ in that category, wrapping up one of our finer profiles. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is typically a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.