Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation's website

1800 Irving Street,
Beatrice NE 68310

(402) 223-2311

71.14% estimated occupancy ¹

Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Beatrice, Nebraska. It looks like this is a very respectable nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable grade. You can definitely do much worse than this place. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Lymphedema Care

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Nurse Quality

On top of performing well overall, this facility earned a very solid nursing rating this year as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a B+. The nursing grade includes a variety of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to 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

Another one of this facility's above average category grades came in the area of short-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that area, with a score of B+. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning to our third area, this nursing home also earned a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Turning to the last category we assessed, this facility earned a good score in inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a score of B- for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor dings are not the end of the world.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 5.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 4.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 3.69% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 18.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for treating several conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 19.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 4.27% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 93.22% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 15.08% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 21.04% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 1.25 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 21.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 8.88 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation, 77.94% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.