Valley View Villa

In addition to receiving an elite overall rating, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection grade. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This facility was given high scores in the area of short-term care as well. Consequently, we gave it one of our best scores in that area with a area of A. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Nursing scores are primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next category we assessed was long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. Nevertheless, you should not assess this facility solely on a single category, since it was awarded several high-end scores in other categories. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.