Trinity Healthcare Center

In addition to being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few places performed as well in this category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home excelled in our long-term care category. We gave them an exemplary score of A+ in this area. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.5122 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Compounding its remarkable profile, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

In the final category we rated, this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility wrapped up a first-rate profile. There are many criteria included in this grade. Many of these criteria reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.