Springdale Village Healthcare

This nursing home really performed well in our long-term care category. We awarded it an A- for that area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.242424 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection score was strong as well. We awarded it a grade of B for inspections, which is one of our better grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next best category we gave this facility in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. With our short-term care grade, we strive to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The final area we scored was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in that area. This is a decent grade in this area. Our nursing grade weighs quite a few data points, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. Although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this metric. This is often an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.