The Arbor

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also performed well in our inspections category, where it earned a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed as well in this category. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To complement its strong assessments in other areas, we gave this facility a score of A- for our long-term care rating. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. Overall this looks like a solid option in terms of its long-term care rating.

The next area we looked at was short-term care. This facility was awarded a favorable short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in the area. With our short-term care assessment, we try to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

In the final category we rated, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility wrapped up a very favorable profile. Nursing grades are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place North Carolina in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients even once per day.