Southern Inyo Hospital D/P Snf

On top of being a strong facility overall, this facility really excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A-. Few facilities performed better in this category. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors 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.

Adding to this facility's list of achievements, it also received a fine long-term care score. We gave them an impressive strong of A- in this category. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 93.396225 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Nursing scores are largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a resident more frequently.

The final category we scored is short-term care. This facility was awarded a strong short-term care grade this year, with a B. This nursing home really does not have any weaknesses. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is typically a solid assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. It does not look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.