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Blue Hill Care Center

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  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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414 North Willson,
Blue Hill NE 68930

(402) 756-2080

59.67% estimated occupancy 1

Blue Hill Care Center is a small facility located in Blue Hill, Nebraska. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor nursing home. A grade of this caliber indicates we found a few red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Blue Hill. The best thing we can say about this facility is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No 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
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Optometry

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid health inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this category, which is much better than its overall grade. Our inspection scores are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid facilities with severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this statistic.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of long-term care, this facility received just a D in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in long-term care it is often a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated a relatively low 66.88312 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to our next area, we gave this facility a D for the area of short-term care. This was the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Our short-term care scores are probably most important for people requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Given its score in this area, we were not stunned to find that this place is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the data we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Blue Hill Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Blue Hill Care Center, 8.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Blue Hill Care Center, 12.34% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Blue Hill Care Center, 0.67% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Blue Hill Care Center, 34.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Blue Hill Care Center, 16.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Blue Hill Care Center, 0.71% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Blue Hill Care Center, 77.52% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Blue Hill Care Center, 14.96% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Blue Hill Care Center, 24.4% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Blue Hill Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Blue Hill Care Center, 24.4% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Blue Hill Care Center, 31.12% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Blue Hill Care Center, 72.26% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mary Lanning HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 17.92 miles away715 N St Joseph Ave Hastings Nebraska 68901Voluntary non-profit - Other(402) 461-5108

Nearby Dialysis

  • Hastings Dialysis Center18.8 miles away1900 N St Joseph Ave Hastings Nebraska 68901Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 463-4893