Rolling Hills Healthcare

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Rolling Hills Healthcare's website

2200 13th Ave,
Belle Fourche SD 57717

(605) 892-3331

113.39% estimated occupancy ¹

Rolling Hills Healthcare is a small nursing home located in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home received consistently decent grades in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

The main reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave this facility a grade of A-. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Additionally, we also would like to note that this facility was given positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the facility's second best grade. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In determining our nursing grades, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we looked at was long-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a C. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 93.36735 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Rolling Hills Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 6.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 5.44% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 3.35% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 19.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 14.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 4.93% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 94.89% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 16.78% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 21.3% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 21.3 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 10.25 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 79.4% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Regional Health Spearfish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.63 miles away1440 N Main St Spearfish South Dakota 57783Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 644-4000