Avamere at Three Fountains is an average-sized nursing home located in Medford, Oregon. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a subpar facility. If you are not happy with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Medford. The city has just three other nursing homes. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
Avamere at Three Fountains
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Avamere at Three Fountains has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it did receive a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a B-. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Another area of concern is that CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second highest category was its short-term care score, where it was given a B-. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
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Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our next area, this facility was awarded a grade of C in long-term care, which is a decent score. Our long-term care grade is often used to grade a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is a very solid datapoint. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avamere at Three Fountains Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 8.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 2.24% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 12.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 5.65% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 92.57% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 13.82% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 22.07% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 22.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 13.94 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere at Three Fountains, 75.47% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Medford, OR
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Medford, Oregon has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Providence Medford Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.17 miles away1111 Crater Lake Avenue Medford Oregon 97504Voluntary non-profit - Church(541) 732-5050
- Asante Rogue Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.15 miles away2825 E Barnett Road Medford Oregon 97504Voluntary non-profit - Private(541) 789-7000
- Asante Ashland Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.51 miles away280 Maple Street Ashland Oregon 97520Government - Local(541) 201-4017
Nearby Dialysis
- Siskiyou Dialysis1.27 miles away50 Rossanley Dr Medford Oregon 97501Dialysis Stations: 24 (541) 414-2437
- Rogue Valley Dialysis Services2.47 miles away760 Golf View Dr Ste 100 Medford Oregon 97504CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (541) 776-4805