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Rolling Hills Healthcare

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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2200 13th Ave,
Belle Fourche SD 57717

(605) 892-3331

62.28% estimated occupancy ¹

Rolling Hills Healthcare is an average-sized 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.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
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 5.6 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

This nursing home's third best category is long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average score in this category. In our long-term care score, we analyze the sheer volume of services offered by a nursing home, along with a few quality datapoints. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 99.47369 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Turning to our fourth area, this facility was awarded a decent nursing score of C. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. Although this place got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this statistic. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning residents at least once a day.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Rolling Hills Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 4.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 5.26% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 3.45% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who had urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 18.82% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 7.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 1.66% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 98.41% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 19.53% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 18.58% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 18.58% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 29.42% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Rolling Hills Healthcare, 93.71% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

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