The Laurels of Chagrin Falls

Although this facility's overall score was rock bottom, it actually didn't perform as poorly in the area of nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- for that area. There are a variety of factors within this area. Most of these criteria relate to staffing levels. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Lastly, although this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this statistic.

This nursing home also didn't grade out poorly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a B- in that category, which turned out to be among its more respectable scores. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

This nursing home received really poor government inspection reports in recent years, causing them to receive a lowly F for inspections. An F in this category is generally a signal that we found some red flags on the facility's inspections. For places with bad inspection grades, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This facility had 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines totaling over $100,000. This generally suggests that a poor performance has been an issue for multiple years.

The final area we looked at is long-term care. It received a lowly F for this area, which is a rock bottom score. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility gave the vaccine to just 83.064514 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.