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 equally impressive. You really can't do much better than a straight A report card.
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Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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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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.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an A. The nursing grade includes several datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving residents at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was dominant in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In our last area, this facility also was awarded an impressive short-term care grade, with an A-. This finished off a straight A profile. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention 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, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients 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, 9.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often caused by poor nursing care. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 2.67% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 15.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 12.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 6.44% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 92.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 12.97% 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 ADL's could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 18.46% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 1.54 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 18.46 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 14.28 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere Rehabilitation of Newport, 77% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with 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