Terrace View Gardens

We want to point out that this facility really outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home's second most favorable area came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B-. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 71.42857 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility 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.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Our nursing grade includes many datapoints, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

The last area we rated was short-term care. We awarded it a C in that category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.