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In addition to receiving an elite overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its top-shelf profile, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, it received a score of A for that category. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we consider the number of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. 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 facility 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Moving on to the final category, this facility was given an extremely favorable long-term care rating. We awarded it an A- in that category, rounding out a straight A profile. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.082565 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.