The Lions Center for Rehab and Ext Care

The Lions Center for Rehab and Ext Care is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Cumberland, Maryland. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. At the end of the day, this facility should be a solid choice for quite a few people. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent health inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Another one of this facility's better category scores was in the category of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a life threatening illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility does not take any chances. This nursing home was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.58 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. When computing our nursing ratings, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility averages just 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is well below average. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused metrics. We especially look at the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are measures of the quality of nursing care, since superior care tends to reduce these issues.

Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility was awarded a grade of C in short-term care, which is generally a decent score. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 37.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.