Spring Valley Post Acute

This place earned a long-term care score which is better than its overall grade. We awarded this facility a grade of B+ in this category. This really helped its overall profile. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. When determining our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The third category we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Turning our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. With an F in the inspection category, this facility's overall grade was pulled down significantly. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 5 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.