Wilson Care and Rehab

While we didn't give this facility a good overall grade, we actually gave it a relatively strong grade in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that 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. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

One of this nursing home's more favorable category grades came in the area of short-term care. This ended up being its second most favorable category. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. The nursing grade is based on many datapoints, but the primary one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

The final category we scored is long-term care, in which this facility received a rock bottom grade in this area also. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. Nursing homes that do not score well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 85.03937 percent of its patients. This is significantly lower than what we expected. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.