Syringa Chalet Nursing Facility

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received a first-rate nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it an A in that area. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

To add to its first-rate achievements in other areas, we awarded this facility a grade of A for our long-term care rating. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. It received one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The last area we graded is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of A-. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Only a select few facilities received an A- or higher in every category. Our short-term care grades are crucial for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.