The Brightonian

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

The second most favorable area we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for residents in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually 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.

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. In fact, we gave this facility an impressive grade of D. When calculating our nursing grades, we look at both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. With only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this place's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The final area we graded was long-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the vaccine to just 74.3421 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.