Swift Creek Health Center

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In computing our nursing grades, we factor in both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Adding to this nursing home's impressive resume, we awarded this facility an A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. We wish we had more information about this facility. Without having complete deficiency data, it was challenging to really assess it in the inspections category.

Moving on our third area, this nursing home was given a top-shelf short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A in that area. In our short-term care category, we attempt to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The final area we scored turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. However, even its lowest point would be a strength for most nursing homes. We awarded it a favorable grade of B for our long-term care category. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.