Sonoma Post Acute

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that area, with an A-. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Among its many impressive scores, this facility earned an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it an B+ in that area. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving residents at least once a day.

Turning to the third category, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Switching gears to our last category, this facility was given a grade of B- for long-term care, which is generally a decent rating. Our long-term care scores are more critical for those needing more traditional assistance associated with personal care. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find this facility's vaccination rates. Lastly, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.