The Springs at Pacific Regent

We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In our short-term care score, we attempt to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 7.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. In calculating our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

The next area we assessed was long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.