Trinity Place

On top of faring well overall, this nursing home received nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A+. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home performed remarkably in our long-term care rating. We gave them an impressive score of A+ in this category. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 84.93151 percent of its residents. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Turning the page to our next category, this nursing home was given first-rate short-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A in that area. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In our final category, we gave this facility an A+ for our nursing rating. This completed an elite profile. Our nursing grade is largely associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.