The Gardens at Camp Hill

Even though we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- in nursing. This score is better than the facility's overall rating. Our nursing grade consists of many datapoints, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.

This nursing home's long-term care rating ended up being one of its better grades. The facility was awarded a grade of B- in this category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 88.81988 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit lower than the national average. Nevertheless, this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home actually received a solid inspection report this year as well. As a result, it received one of our better scores in that category with a score of B-. We were surprised this facility received three grades of this caliber. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

The last category we analyzed is short-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Not surprisingly, we learned that this facility provides significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.