White Oak Of York

This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially would like to emphasize its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it an A in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility really excelled in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes performed better in this category. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.054474 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.88 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home was just about middle of the pack in this area.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing grade weighs several components, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 3.8 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next category we analyzed turned out to be this facility's worst category. However, even in its worst category we still gave it a respectable grade of C for our short-term care category. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 47.6 percent of its residents returning home.