The Terrace at Denison

This nursing home's overall grade was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in this category, with a B+. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This nursing home's long-term care grade appears to be one of its best grades. The nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in this area. In the category of long-term care, we look at the quantity of care provided by a facility, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.84685 percent of its patients. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. There are a number of factors within this area. Most of the subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a resident more frequently.

The next category we assessed is short-term care, was this facility's worst category. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. Our short-term care scores are crucial for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With its grade in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.