South Ogden Post Acute

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B- for our nursing rating. There are several factors within this category. Many of these factors are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

This facility also didn't grade out too badly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a B- in that category, which ended up being among its more favorable scores. Our short-term care ratings are likely most important for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home received a lowly F for its inspection grade. This is a particularly important category. Scores in this range generally mean we found red flags on the facility's government inspections. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

Moving on to the next category, this nursing home did not fare very well in this category either. With a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 53.51682 percent of its residents. This is many points below the national average. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.