Tierra Rose Care Center

Although we graded this nursing home extremely poorly overall, it received a somewhat respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a C in that area. In determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses are caring for residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This place averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is well below average. Lastly, although this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this area.

This nursing home also didn't fare terribly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a C in that category, which turned out to be among its better grades. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this nursing home received a decent long-term care grade in our assessment. We gave it a C in this category. In computing our long-term care grades, we assess the personal care received by a facility's patients. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated 81.17647 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is quite a bit lower than the national average. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The last category we looked at is inspections. Unfortunately, this nursing home didn't receive favorable government inspections in recent years. Consequently, we had to give it an F in this category. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We recommend you scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.