Upmc Magee-Womens Hospital Tcu

On top of faring well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also gave this facility a score of A+ for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care scores are probably more meaningful for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 7.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Adding to its high-end assessment, this nursing home also was given a strong long-term care score, with a grade of A. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. It doesn't appear that this nursing home provided vaccination data. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In our final area, this facility also was given an impressive nursing score, with an A. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. In computing our nursing scores, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.