The Golden Rule Home

Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its decent grade of B- in the category of nursing. When calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

This nursing home's short-term care grade is one of its higher scores. The facility was given a B- in this area. Short-term care scores are critical for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

The next category we analyzed was long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. For patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The final category we assessed is inspections. This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. As a result, we gave it an F in this category. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.