Woodside Village

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few places fared as well in this category. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility 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.

We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given a strong grade of A in our long-term care area. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Moving on to the fourth area, this facility received a highly favorable short-term care score. We awarded it an A- in this category, giving this facility straight A's. Short-term care ratings are critical for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.