Woodruff Manor

We also found that this facility excelled in long-term care. We gave them an A+ in this area. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.064514 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In our final area, we awarded this facility an A- for its short-term care score. This finished off an elite report card. Our short-term care ratings are arguably most critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.