Summit Health & Rehab Center

On top of earning a strong overall score, this nursing home also performed well in inspections, which is based on its recent inspection reports. We gave it an A for that category. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its first-rate profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a score of A in that area. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.089386 percent of its patients. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most critical for people needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The next area we analyzed was this nursing home's worst category. Nevertheless, even its worst category would be a highlight for many nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it a strong grade of B in nursing. There are numerous subcategories included in this area. Most of these subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.