Villa at Windsor Park

Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we gave it a C for our nursing rating. Nursing ratings are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care rating and that actually ended up being its second highest category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 22.175142 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Unfortunately, with a grade of D in the inspection category, this facility performed relatively poorly in that area. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a risk to patient health or safety. Finally, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines of over $50,000. This generally suggests that inspectors grew tired after several years of failed government inspections.

The last area we assessed is short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area, which is a rock bottom score. Short-term care grades are often employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. With its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics doomed this facility's short-term care score.