Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport is the lone nursing home located in Newport, Oregon. With an A- overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the nation. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also quite good. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, it also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a first-rate score of A- in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category, we awarded this facility a grade of A for our short-term care score. This rounded out a very strong profile. In our short-term care category, we attempt to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 1.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents that suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 4.71% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 4.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients that are given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 2.5% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 99.07% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 7.25% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 15.25% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 0.22 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 15.25% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 28.64% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 90.31% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Samaritan Pacific Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.14 miles away930 Sw Abbey Street Newport Oregon 97365Voluntary non-profit - Private(541) 265-2244
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Newport Oregon0.56 miles away957 Sw Coast Hwy Newport Oregon 97365CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (541) 574-0865