Stonehenge of South Jordan

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in short-term care. This is as good as it gets in this category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility excelled at the highest level in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is an excellent sign. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Utah in this area with 68.2 percent of its patients returning home.

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspections. Facilities that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem 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.

We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a high-end grade of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the nursing category. In fact, we awarded it an A- for this category. This finalized a straight A report card. Our nursing score focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility in the nation in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered.