The Landing at Watermere

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its first-rate short-term care score. We awarded them one of our most favorable scores in that category, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In addition, this facility also was given favorable long-term care grades this year. In fact, we gave it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B+. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.5 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Switching gears to the next area, this facility received an acceptable nursing rating. Even though this isn't as impressive as many of its other scores, this is truly not the end of the world. In computing our nursing ratings, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is not an impressive total. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this metric.