Arizona State Veteran Home-Tucson
555 East Ajo Way, Tucson AZ 85713 · (520) 638-2150 · 96.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Arizona State Veteran Home-Tucson is just one of 22 options in Tucson, Arizona. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of A+. As a result, it is one of the better nursing homes in Tucson, which is ranked among the best cities in the country in terms of its nursing home quality. You really can not do much better than this facility. Finally, this turned out to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in all of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In calculating a facility's nursing score, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. With 5.5 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this facility surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Finally, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on our next category, this nursing home received a strong long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that area. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of providing well above average levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.542336 percent of its patients. This statistic is also far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.05 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category, this nursing home also received an impressive short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This completed a rare straight A report card. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arizona State Veteran Home-Tucson Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better