Stockdale Residence and Rehabilitation Center

Although we didn't give this facility a good overall grade, we did give it a strong grade in the area of inspections, where it earned a B. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

The next highest category we awarded this facility in any area came in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our long-term care grade is generally used to measure a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. Our nursing grade analyzes several components, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is far below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this statistic. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving patients more frequently.

Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home really didn't perform well here either. Due to a very poor grade of F in short-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. Our short-term care scores are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.