Barone and Moore-Few care centers receive 5-star ratings

A comparison of 10 skilled nursing facilities within a 30-mile radius of Nevada has been completed by Health-grades.com.

This comparison used data about each facility such as state inspections, complaint investigations and repeat problems.

Healthgrades.com ranked Barone No. 1 and Moore-Few No. 2 out of the 10 facilities. Both facilities received a 5-star rating. There were three facilities that received a 5-star rating and the remaining seven facilities received 3-star ratings. In 2006, Barone and Moore-Few were No. 1 and No. 2 at that time also.

The state inspection comparison was done by assigning points to each deficiency received based on the scope and severity. This looked at the inspections over the past four years. The state average for the four-year period was -94 (the higher the number the worse the performance). Eight of the 10 facilities received a score of -50 to -115. Moore-Few scored -44 and Barone scored 0, a deficiency-free survey.

The comparison of complaint investigations showed one facility with 10 violations from these investigations, three facilities with 2 to 4 violations, three facilities with 1 violation, and three facilities with no violations. Moore-Few and Barone were included in the three with no violations.

Care center officials said, "This is a perfect opportunity to THANK each of our staff for their hard work. A day in the life of a nursing home employee is very hard, both emotionally and physically. The results of the above comparison show that our staff has patient care as a priority. But, the job that they are doing can not come from merely complying with regulations, it comes from the heart and it shows."