Windsor House at Champion

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with an A. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this nursing home's recent inspections.

We also gave this facility a favorable grade in long-term care. This nursing home earned a B in this area, which turns out to be one of our higher scores. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 90.74074 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we were hoping for. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this facility 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 number.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing score is mostly tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents at least once a day.

The final area we scored was short-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is considered to be a reliable assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.