Stonebridge Health & Rehabilitation Center

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to this facility's list of strengths, it also was awarded a high-end long-term care score. We awarded them an elite grade of A- in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.46154 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. When calculating our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning to our final category, we awarded this facility a grade of D in short-term care. This was the facility's worst category score. Of course, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade a bit. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is typically a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. It appears that this facility was below average in multiple staffing metrics we assessed. The facility supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.