Bridgeview Estates is an average-sized nursing home located in Twin Falls, Idaho. With an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is ranked among the better facilities we assessed. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities nationally. This place also received very consistent grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
Bridgeview Estates
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it received a very impressive grade in inspections. Inspections ended up being its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade of A- in our short-term care category. Our short-term care grades are presumably most meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care, where this nursing home was given a B. Believe it or not, this turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when it's poorest score still beats out most nursing homes. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.166664 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bridgeview Estates Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bridgeview Estates, 5.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bridgeview Estates, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bridgeview Estates, 2.48% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bridgeview Estates, 17.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bridgeview Estates, 16.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bridgeview Estates, 7.97% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bridgeview Estates, 89.29% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bridgeview Estates, 13.52% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bridgeview Estates, 18.02% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bridgeview Estates, 0.95 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bridgeview Estates, 18.02 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bridgeview Estates, 11.12 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bridgeview Estates, 75.93% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Luke's Magic Valley RmcAcute Care Hospitals 2.3 miles away801 Pole Line Road West Twin Falls Idaho 83301Voluntary non-profit - Private(208) 814-1000
- St Luke's JeromeCritical Access Hospitals 10.05 miles away709 North Lincoln Avenue Jerome Idaho 83338Voluntary non-profit - Private(208) 814-9500
Nearby Dialysis
- Twin Falls Dialysis Center0.89 miles away582 Pole Line Rd Twin Falls Idaho 83301CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (208) 733-2006
- Magic Valley Kidney Center1.72 miles away350 N Haven Dr Ste 100 Twin Falls Idaho 83301Dialysis Stations: 18 (208) 735-3914