Westview Nursing Home

Unfortunately, we gave this facility some really poor grades. Among them were its F for its short-term care grade. With our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Based on its score in this area, we were not surprised to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

We also wanted to point out this facility's inspection rating where it received an F. This generally means we found some red flags on its inspection reports. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We suggest you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. In computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This place averaged just 0.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is quite a bit below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

The next area we graded was long-term care, in which this nursing home received a rock bottom grade in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is obviously very concerning. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 87.87879 percent of its patients. This is pretty significantly less than what we expected. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.