St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home

St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Fairmont, West Virginia. This facility received a very respectable overall grade of B, which is better than most of the facilities in Fairmont. In our view, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this place an A- for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing ratings are largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

This facility also received a strong long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.51923 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.49 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

The last category we assessed was short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this area. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is often a meaningful measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.