Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Extended Care

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients more frequently.

An additional reason we rated this facility so highly is that it received an A+ short-term care score. This is just about as strong as it gets in this category. Short-term care grades are generally employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

The next category we analyzed was long-term care. Adding to its impressive resume, this facility also excelled in this category. In fact, it received a of A for the area. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 93.333336 percent of its residents, which is a bit less than we expected. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Building on its other impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a B+ for its inspection grade. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.