Avamere Court at Keizer is in Salem, Oregon. This nursing home proved to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. This facility proved to be one of the better facilities in Salem, which boasts a solid selection of facilities. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph
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Avamere Court at Keizer
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- Independent Living
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care rating. In our short-term care grade, we attempt to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score is largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a resident even once per day.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with an impressive grade of B+. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we graded was long-term care, which is this nursing home's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Nevertheless, you shouldn't judge this facility based solely on a single area, as it had some high-end grades in other areas. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 99.08257 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avamere Court at Keizer Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 9.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who experienced a fall which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 2.67% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from UTI's. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 15.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 12.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 6.44% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 92.26% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 12.97% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 18.46% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 18.46 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 14.28 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere Court at Keizer, 77% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Salem, OR
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Salem HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.75 miles away890 Oak Street, Se Salem Oregon 97301Voluntary non-profit - Other(503) 561-5200
- Legacy Silverton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.42 miles away342 Fairview Street Silverton Oregon 97381Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 873-1500
- Salem Health West ValleyCritical Access Hospitals 14.84 miles away525 Se Washington Street Dallas Oregon 97338Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 623-8301
- Willamette Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.47 miles away2700 Se Stratus Ave. Mcminnville Oregon 97128Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 472-6131
- Santiam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.07 miles away1401 N 10th Avenue Stayton Oregon 97383Voluntary non-profit - Private(503) 769-2175
Nearby Dialysis
- Salem North Dialysis3.43 miles away1220 Liberty St Ne Salem Oregon 97301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (503) 315-2212
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- Mcminnville Dialysis15.54 miles away200 Ne Norton Lane Mcminnville Oregon 97128Dialysis Stations: 12 (503) 435-0597