Mission Point of Cranbrook

Part of the reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is it received a very favorable nursing score. In fact, its nursing score is its best category. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Inspections is another category where this facility excelled. In fact, we awarded this facility an B+ for our inspections category. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's inspections. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility was given its next most favorable category grade in the area of long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this category, which is an acceptable score. In determining these long-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 67.54386 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility's weakest area was short-term care, which is the last category we looked at. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is considered to be a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final item we considered in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.