Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation's website

2555 E Broadway,
Helena MT 59601

(406) 447-1651

73.88% estimated occupancy ¹

Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility in Helena, Montana. Sporting an overall score of B-, this looks like a decent facility. Based on our ratings, this place has some redeeming qualities. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home earned an elite short-term care grade. In fact, we gave this facility an A in this category, which really helped out its overall score. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Inspections is another area where this nursing home excelled. In fact, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In determining our nursing grades, we look at both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to the fourth area, this facility did not fare very well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this was its weakest grade. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 73.26203 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 7.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 5.36% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have had falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 3.38% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 15.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 15.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 5.4% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 93.07% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 15.83% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 20.1% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 20.1 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.