Spring View Health & Rehab Center

On top of faring well overall, this facility received nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so well is that it was given a dominant long-term care grade. Indeed, long-term care is its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.95918 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The third category we assessed is short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. With our short-term care category, we strive to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

The final area we looked at was nursing, in which this nursing home received a C. This actually was this nursing home's least impressive area. This is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. When determining our nursing ratings, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below average. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based statistics in this category. Although this place did not rank well in terms of its nursing hours, it fared much better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than average. This is often a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care.