Blue Mountain Care Center
112 East Fifth Street, Prairie City OR 97869 · (541) 820-3341 · 44.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Blue Mountain Care Center is in Prairie City, Oregon. The city has 1,135 people. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the top 50 nursing homes in Oregon. We also wanted to point out that this nursing home is located in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are available. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 40 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 5.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the highest totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of providing high levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any facility in the state in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
On the list of its many impressive scores, this nursing home received an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A- in this area. Short-term care ratings are crucial for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. This actually is this facility's least impressive category. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when their poorest score still outperforms most other nursing homes. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the very impressive nursing care provided by this facility, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Blue Mountain Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better