CareCore at Westmoreland

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This nursing home was assessed 7 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. In determining our nursing grades, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

In addition, we gave this facility a rock-bottom F in the category of long-term care. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated just 83.24468 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.

The last category we looked at was short-term care, in which this nursing home received a rock bottom grade in this category as well. We gave it a lowly F in this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. With a grade of this caliber for this category, we weren't surprised to discover that this nursing home was well below average in several staffing figures we looked at. The nursing home provided far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.