Apple Rehab Cooney
2555 E Broadway, Helena MT 59601 · (406) 447-1651 · 75.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Apple Rehab Cooney is an average-sized nursing home located in Helena, Montana. This nursing home a solid overall score of B-, which surprisingly resulted in it being the top facility in the city. This place has some things working in its favor. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. If it wasn't for this category, this nursing home's overall grade would have been much lower. Our short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers at least 50% more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the nation with 65.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
We also want to emphasize this facility's nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. When computing our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This particular facility provided just 3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is far below the national average. Although this facility ranked poorly in terms of the quantity of nursing care offered, it actually performed admirably in some of our quality measures. In fact, it was above average in two of the major subcategories we assess, with positive reviews for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is long-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is clearly concerning. Facilities that don't score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. We were a bit worried that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to a relatively low 66.455696 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.22 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Apple Rehab Cooney Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better