Spang Crest Manor

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Adding to its profile, this nursing home also received a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 85.223366 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit less than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next highest area ended up being its short-term care grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more critical for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Our final category is nursing, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of C in this category. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in some quality-focused measures. We especially like to look at the percentage of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these problems.