Woodbury Wellness Center

In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. We gave it a grade of A for that area, which is one of our best grades. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Contributing to this nursing home's list of achievements, it also received a very favorable short-term care score. We awarded them a dominant grade of A- in this category. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Our nursing grade is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving patients more frequently.

The next area we scored was long-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable score in that category, with a grade of C. Although this was not on par with many of its other scores, it is still not a bad grade. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled therapy and medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 91.83673 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.