Bridgeview Estates
1828 Bridgeview Boulevard, Twin Falls ID 83301 · (208) 736-3933 · 51.03% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Bridgeview Estates is an average-sized nursing home located in Twin Falls, Idaho. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average marks in most areas. This place truly has plenty working in its favor. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 116 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received a very impressive short-term care grade. Short-term care is its best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a substantially greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Idaho in this area with 61.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections. We gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our best grades. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range which earned multiple category grades this high. Our inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In determining a facility's nursing score, we consider the quantity of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the better totals in Idaho. Finally, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a solid grade in that area, with a grade of B-. Even though this was not as strong as a few of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not a poor grade. In forming our long-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's personal care services. This facility's vaccination data were a bit weaker than some of its other statistics in this category, such as its number of nursing hours per resident. It provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.947365 percent of its residents. We would like to see some improvement in this area next year. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.68 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bridgeview Estates Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better