Virgil Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In calculating a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0.5 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Not many nursing homes received a better grade in this category. In determining these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This facility was given an impressive long-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a score of B+. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.612404 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In the last area we looked at, we found that this nursing home received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from government inspectors. As a result, it earned a decent grade in our inspection category with a B. This nursing home really didn't have any major weak links. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.