Haven Health - Saguaro Valley

This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially want to emphasize its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Adding to its profile, this nursing home also received a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B. It outperformed most facilities in this area. With our short-term care grade, we try to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Moving on to the last area, this facility was given a respectable nursing grade of C. There are quite a few subcategories within this category. Many of the criteria reflect nurse staffing. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the number of hours of care offered.