ArchCare at San Vicente de Paul

On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.01492 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. The nursing score assesses several components, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

The last category we assessed was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in that category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.