Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation's website

1800 Irving Street,
Beatrice NE 68310

(402) 223-2311

69.54% estimated occupancy ¹

Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Beatrice, Nebraska. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road grade. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this place's report card was is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed 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

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Nebraska Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Beatrice, Nebraska Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Beatrice, Nebraska Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

This facility's nursing rating is more impressive than its overall score. With a strong performance in this category, it earned one of our better scores in nursing with a B+. The nursing rating includes several factors, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Additionally, we also wanted to note that this facility received impressive short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our better scores in this category, with a grade of B+. This turned out to be the facility's second strongest grade. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Long-term Care Quality

Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a B in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our higher scores. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Finally, we found that this facility has received favorable inspections in recent years. We awarded it a B- in this area. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

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, 5.27% 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, 4.96% 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, 3.66% 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, 18.62% 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, 19.92% 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, 4.32% 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, 93.19% 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, 14.85% 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, 18.85% 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, 1.37 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, 18.85 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, 9.35 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, 77.76% 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.