Woodhaven Retirement Community

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very impressive short-term care score. This proved to be its best category. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 6.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing grade is based on a host of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the final area, this facility also was awarded an impressive long-term care grade, with a B+. This topped off a very impressive profile. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home submitted data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.