Southbrook Healthcare

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't 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.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade of A- in our short-term care category. Our short-term care scores are presumably most meaningful for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

In the last category, this nursing home also was given an impressive nursing rating, with a grade of A-. This wrapped up an elite report card. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.