The Retreat at the Stratford

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing score assesses a handful of datapoints, however, the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents more often.

We also wanted to direct your attention to the fact that this facility fared very well in our short-term care category. We awarded them an exemplary score of A+ in this category. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Another strength for this nursing home is long-term care, where it was given an A+ grade. This is simply as dominant as it gets in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 85.71429 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Another impressive feature for this nursing home is its inspection rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home a score of A, completing its straight A performance. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.