Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center is one of seven available nursing homes in Rapid City, South Dakota. This proved to be a decent facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's profile was its stellar inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that area, with a grade of A+. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our inspection scores are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned an B. Our nursing score assesses a handful of factors, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent grade in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a B-. Long-term care grades are essential for patients looking for non-healthcare services such as personal care. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 94.652405 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. 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. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.79% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 95.19% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 16.7% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 19.23% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.24 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 Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 19.23 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 10.33 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Black Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center, 80.24% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Rapid City, SD
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Rapid City, South Dakota has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Regional Health Rapid City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.92 miles away353 Fairmont Blvd Post Office Box 6000 Rapid City South Dakota 57701Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 755-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Regional Dialysis Center2.47 miles away640 Flormann Street Suite 401 Rapid City South Dakota 57701CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (605) 755-6950
- Regional Dialysis Center - Rcrh3.13 miles away353 Fairmont Blvd Rapid City South Dakota 57701Dialysis Stations: 3 (605) 755-2165