St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation is one of just two facilities in Saint George, Utah. We gave this facility an overall grade of F. This place does not seem to have any redeeming qualities. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next section.
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St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 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 - Corporation
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Short-term Care Quality
Even though we gave this facility a terrible overall score, we awarded it a B- for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care grades are vital for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a grade of just D in the area of inspections. Unfortunately, this ended up being its second best grade. Inspection scores weigh many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you see too many deficiencies on the reports, this is typically the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This particular nursing home was hit with one category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies found by the government inspectors had potential to create actual harm to residents. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place received significant government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This usually indicates that a nursing home'sbad track record has been an issue for several years.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. There are many factors within this area. Most of the subcategories reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next area, this facility did not fare well here either. With a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 94.81132 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 2.83% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 14.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 13.85% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 93.7% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.35% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.53% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St George Bella Terra Nursing and Rehabilitation, 51.5% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Dixie Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.44 miles away1380 East Medical Center Drive Saint George Utah 84790Voluntary non-profit - Private(435) 251-2100
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis - St George (Fmc)0.58 miles away624 S 1000 E Ste 101 Saint George Utah 84790CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (435) 656-4596
- Dixie Dialysis Center0.65 miles away720 S River Rd Ste d1100 Saint George Utah 84790CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (435) 656-0857
- Hurricane Dialysis Center15.24 miles away48 S 2500 W Ste 100 Hurricane Utah 84737Dialysis Stations: 12 (435) 635-0399