Stonegate Health Campus

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in our short-term care category, where it received an A. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is frequently a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Next we looked at this nursing home's inspection score This score is based on the facility's recent government inspections. We gave it a grade of C in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. This facility had 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Switching gears to the final category, we gave this facility a grade of D for our long-term care category. This is the nursing home's weakest category grade. Unfortunately, this score hurt the nursing home's overall grade to some degree. For patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.96373 percent of its residents, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.