Somerset Senior Living at Mcgehee

Although we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a very impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This facility ended up receiving a rock-bottom score in our short-term care category. It received an F in this area. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With its abysmal rating in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this facility offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

The third category we analyzed is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given an F. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We weren't able to find this facility's vaccination rates. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.

The next category we analyzed is nursing. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. Our nursing score is mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, to round out our nursing grade, we turn to some quality-focused statistics in rounding out our nursing grades. Specifically, we look at the percent of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as good measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.