Wadsworth Pointe Assisted Living

In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent inspections. In fact, we gave it an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor dings aren't something to panic about.

This nursing home also was given a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Our short-term care ratings are likely more meaningful for individuals requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. We analyzed the licensure of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses worked with residents, in determining our score in this area. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Our long-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's amount of nursing care. This means a vast range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 97.333336 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.