Willowbend Healthcare and Rehabilitation

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.

We also gave this facility an impressive grade in long-term care. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which turns out to be one of our higher scores. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. We want to point out that we seem to be missing some data on this nursing home's long-term care reporting, but we were content with the information we found.

This nursing home's third most favorable category turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this nursing home. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

The final category we scored was nursing, which proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. Naturally, this grade hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses commit to residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, to round out our nursing grade, we turn to some quality-focused statistics in rounding out our nursing grades. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.