Mission Point of Elmwood

Although this place's overall grade is not a highlight, it received a somewhat respectable grade in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this category, which is a decent score. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 10 deficiencies on its inspection report. Another red flag is that CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility an B-. Our nursing score considers many subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

This facilities third most favorable area is long-term care. We gave it a C in this area. This is basically a slightly below average score in this area. Our long-term care ratings are essential for patients requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 95.78714 percent of its patients. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The next area we analyzed is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a C. Short-term care grades are generally employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.