Springfield Villa

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless government inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of long-term care. This ended up being its second most favorable category. In that area, we gave this facility a B-. Long-term care grades assess a nursing home's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated just 90.68493 percent of its residents, which is somewhat alarming. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of C. Our short-term care scores are arguably more meaningful for people needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Turning to our next category, we awarded this facility a grade of D for nursing. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Our nursing rating is largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these scores hurt this facility's nursing rating significantly.