Avamere Rehabilitation of Junction City
530 Birch Street, Junction City OR 97448 · (541) 998-2395 · 73.39% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Avamere Rehabilitation of Junction City is a facility located in Junction City, Oregon. This city has 12,244 people. This nursing home is a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of B-. You can certainly do worse than this place. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 53 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home earned a decent overall score, its inspections score is notably more impressive than its overall score. Due to a strong health inspection report this year, it received one of our better scores in that area with a B+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. Nursing ratings are largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is much more care than what is provided by most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was given a B- in this area. In computing these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This place performed decently in this area, with 47.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last area, this facility received a grade of B- for long-term care, which is generally a decent score. Long-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's volume of care. This includes a vast range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of providing above average levels of nursing care, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.4127 percent of its patients. This statistic is higher than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 3.17 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes based on the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avamere Rehabilitation of Junction City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who experienced falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage 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 indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better