Sunshine Terrace Foundation

One of the many reasons this proved to be a great facility is that it received a very impressive long-term care rating. In fact, this turned out to be its best grade. In this area, we awarded this facility an A. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.790054 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Among its many dominant grades, this facility received an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. There are a host of factors within this area. Many of these subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Utah in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.

Finally, this facility also earned excellent inspection reports in recent years. We gave it one of our best grades in that area, with an impressive grade of A-. Few facilities received an A- or better in all four categories. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.