Snyder Village

To pair with a strong overall score, we awarded this facility an A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among its many dominant scores, this facility was given a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 90.03322 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we assessed proved to be this facility's worst category. Nevertheless, even its worst category would likely be a strength for many nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B for our short-term care category. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to create a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.