The Grove at Washington

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A-. Few facilities performed better in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an impressive grade of D. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

This nursing home's least impressive category is long-term care, which is the last category we scored. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this category. In spite of multiple decent grades in other areas, this grade is still of a concern so we would like to to make a note of it. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes provide. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 92.01681 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.