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Timbers of Jasper The is in Jasper, Indiana. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack score. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave it a grade of A. Inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of short-term care, with a grade of C. In forming our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 42.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. Our nursing score consists of a handful of factors, many of which are based on nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which was among the higher totals we found. Finally, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. Specifically, we looked at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The last category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is a decent grade in this category. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 97.42489 percent of its patients, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.67 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.