Thomas Rest Haven

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing grades are primarily based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next category we graded was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very positive long-term care score, with a grade of B in the category. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next area we graded is short-term care, in which we gave it a favorable grade of B. This facility really did not have any weaknesses. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.