The Springs Skilled Nursing & Therapy

Even though we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable nursing rating of B-. When computing our nursing scores, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

This nursing home's second highest category turned out to be its short-term care grade, where it received a B-. In our short-term care grade, we try to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

The next category we analyzed was long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B-. Long-term care ratings are based on the facility's volume of nursing services. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 93.00699 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is somewhat lower than we expected but still a decent percentage. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection rating. We gave it a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a facility's government inspection reports. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more severe deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by the government inspectors had the potential to create actual harm to patients. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.