Whitfield Nursing Home

In addition to being an elite facility overall, this facility also excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Very few places fared as well in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also would like to point out the fact that this facility received a top-shelf grade of A in our long-term care category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 95.50562 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place 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 graded is short-term care, in which this facility was awarded a grade of B. This actually turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. A facility is doing something right when their weakest score still beats out most other nursing homes. In our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.