The Home Association

While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This nursing home's second best area is its short-term care grade, where it received a B-. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The final metric 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.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing rating consists of many subcategories, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared well in this metric. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving residents at least once a day.

Moving on to our next area, we gave this nursing home a D for our long-term care category. This was the nursing home's worst category rating. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.