Chamberlin Healthcare Center

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this metric. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient even once per day.

Interestingly, this nursing home's abysmal overall score can't really be attributed to its government inspection reports. We awarded it a C for inspections. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 2 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 the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care grade. This is not a score to write home about. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities offer. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 52.972973 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

The final category we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home received a rock bottom grade in this area as well. We gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is definitely a major disappointment. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more meaningful for those requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this facility is well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the figures we assessed. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.