Brookestone Gardens is in Kearney, Nebraska. This turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the top ratings that we offer. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a great choice for most people. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Brookestone Gardens
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category, where it earned a grade of A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 95.56962 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. We weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. There are a number of factors included in this grade. Most of the factors relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B+. This topped off a first-rate profile. Only a select few facilities earned a B+ or higher in every single category. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This category is considered to be a solid assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookestone Gardens Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brookestone Gardens, 5.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brookestone Gardens, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brookestone Gardens, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brookestone Gardens, 18.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brookestone Gardens, 19.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brookestone Gardens, 4.32% of Patients
This is the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brookestone Gardens, 93.19% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brookestone Gardens, 14.85% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brookestone Gardens, 18.85% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Brookestone Gardens, 1.37 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brookestone Gardens, 18.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brookestone Gardens, 9.35 Percentage of Patients
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 short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brookestone Gardens, 77.76% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Kearney, NE
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Kearney, Nebraska has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kearney Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.39 miles away804 22nd Avenue Kearney Nebraska 68845Proprietary(308) 455-3600
- Kearney County Health Services HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.86 miles away727 East 1st St Minden Nebraska 68959Government - Local(308) 832-3400
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Overland Trails3.33 miles away5210 Parklane Dr. Kearney Nebraska 68847CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (308) 233-5011