Lincoln Care and Rehab

On top of performing well in its overall score, this facility earned even higher grades in long-term care. It earned one of our highest scores in that category with a grade of A. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 89.26175 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In addition, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it earned an B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. When determining our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last category we scored was short-term care. We gave this nursing home a decent grade in that area, with a C. While this isn't on par with some of this facility's other grades, it is still not a poor grade. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.