Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport is a small nursing home located in Reedsport, Oregon. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. In fact, it received the very best score. In fact, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top five nursing homes in Oregon. As you will see below, this place performed just as well in our category ratings. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. In determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the number of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 96.875 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final area, this nursing home also was awarded an impressive short-term care score, with a grade of A-. This finished off a straight A profile. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 9.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 2.67% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 15.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 12.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 6.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 92.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 12.97% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 18.46% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aidan Senior Living at Reedsport, 18.46 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lower Umpqua Hospital DistrictCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away600 Ranch Road Reedsport Oregon 97467Government - Hospital District or Authority(541) 271-2171
- Peace Harbor Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19.51 miles away400 9th Street Florence Oregon 97439Voluntary non-profit - Church(541) 997-8412
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Florence Oregon19.14 miles away2820 Kingwood St Florence Oregon 97439Dialysis Stations: 13 (541) 997-1136