St Joseph's Home Al & Nc

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. Our nursing grade assesses a handful of datapoints, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a resident more frequently.

This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being this nursing home's third most impressive category score. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. Our short-term care grades are believed to be most meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Adding to this facility's impressive profile, we awarded this facility an A for our inspections rating. With this grade, the nursing home completes its straight A report card. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. It does not look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.