Willard Care Center

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. When determining our nursing grades, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home received a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The final category we looked at is short-term care, in which this nursing home received a B. This actually was this facility's worst area. A facility could be doing a lot worse when their weakest grade still rates higher than most other nursing homes. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.