The Pavilion at Sunny Hills

This nursing home's overall score was propped up by the fact that it has received favorable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them a strong score in that category, with a B+. This is a notably better score than the nursing home's overall score. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

In addition, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was awarded strong long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more favorable scores in this category, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second strongest score. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.77728 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. The nursing rating weighs a number of datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric. This is often 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 even once per day.

Turning to our fourth area, this nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in short-term care, which is a decent rating. In our short-term care score, we strive to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.