The Concierge

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in nursing, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Another quality feature for this nursing home is that it received an above average short-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category score. In that category, we gave this facility a B+. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Another area of strength for this facility is in inspections. In fact, inspections proved to be one of its best categories. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. 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.

The final area we assessed is long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of D for long-term care, making this the nursing home's weakest area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit concerned this facility gave the vaccine to only 82.35294 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.