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William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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700 South Foothill Drive,
Salt Lake City UT 84113

(801) 584-1900

90% estimated occupancy 1

William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home is an average-sized nursing home located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This facility is ranked among the top nursing homes we found. A grade of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. Even in a city offering 26 other nursing homes, this nursing home looks like a great option. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Utah Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Utah Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of performing well overall, this nursing home earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with an A. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Contributing to its impressive profile, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care area. In fact, it received a grade of A in the category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The third category we assessed was long-term care. Contributing to its elite resume, this nursing home also performed well in that category. In fact, we gave it a grade of of A- in the area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

The fourth category we graded is nursing, where this facility was awarded an A-. This rounded out a very strong profile. Only a select few facilities received an A- or better in every single category. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality measures we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 6.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 5.3% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 2.54% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 12.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 14.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 1.48% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 12.3% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 15.24% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 0.12 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 15.24% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In William E Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, 73.58% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Scores for Salt Lake City, UT

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Intermountain Medical Center Dialysis Services6.97 miles away74 West Vine Street Salt Lake City Utah 84107CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (801) 507-9000
  • West Valley Dialysis Clinic8.96 miles away3854 W 5400 S Salt Lake City Utah 84129CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (801) 969-6801
  • Fresenius Kidney Care West Salt Lake8.98 miles away4101 West Pioneer Parkway Suite 101 Salt Lake City Utah 84120Dialysis Stations: 13 (801) 966-9978
  • Oquirrh Artificial Kidney Center9.46 miles away5320 South 2700 West Salt Lake City Utah 84129CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (801) 417-9900