Located in Eugene, Oregon, Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene is one of eight nursing homes in the city. With an overall rating of A, this is without a doubt a top-shelf facility. In fact, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 25 best facilities in Oregon. One of the best aspects of this facility's remarkable report card is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing rating is based on numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given an A+ short-term care grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to be awarded more than one A+ category scores. Short-term care ratings are important for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a B. While this ended up being its poorest category score, this is nevertheless an impressive rating. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.145294 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 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 Rehabilitation of Eugene Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 8.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 2.24% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a UTI. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 12.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 5.65% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 92.57% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 13.82% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 22.07% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 22.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 13.94 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Eugene, 75.47% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Eugene, OR
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Mckenzie-Willamette Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.81 miles away1460 G Street Springfield Oregon 97477Voluntary non-profit - Private(541) 726-4400
- Peacehealth Cottage Grove Community Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 16.53 miles away1515 Village Drive Cottage Grove Oregon 97424Voluntary non-profit - Private(541) 767-5202
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care West Eugene1.87 miles away3747 W 11th Ave Eugene Oregon 97402Dialysis Stations: 25 (541) 653-9468
- Fmc Eugene4.4 miles away201 River Ave Eugene Oregon 97404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (541) 743-4335
- Qualicenters - Eugene-Springfield Ltd5.11 miles away304 Q St Springfield Oregon 97477CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (541) 741-8005