Victoria Care Center

One of the reasons this is a decent facility is it earned a favorable inspection score. In that area, we gave this facility a B. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home also was awarded an impressive score in our long-term care category. We gave this facility an above average grade of B in that area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. We weighed the licensure of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared well in this subcategory. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients more frequently.

This facility's worst area is short-term care, which is the last area we scored. It received a lowly F in this area. In spite of several decent grades in other categories, this score is still concerning so we would like to to draw your attention to it. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.