The Grove Care and Wellness

In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent government inspections. We awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Among this nursing home's other achievements is its elite short-term care score. We awarded them one of our best grades in that area, with a score of A. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most meaningful for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we assessed was long-term care. We awarded this facility a solid score in this area, with a grade of B-. Even though this was not as dominant as many of its other scores, it is still not a major area of concern. In computing our long-term care scores, we assess the assistance with daily living received by the facility's residents. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.