Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center
600 Brookestone Meadows Plaza, Elkhorn NE 68022 · (402) 289-2696 · 94.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center is in Elkhorn, Nebraska, a city with 16,422 people. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this facility number 61 in the country. This puts it in the top one percent of all nursing homes. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you'll find. This nursing home also received impressive ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 140 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ in short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home excelled in two key staffing areas we assessed. It offered about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than a typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 64.5 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. The nursing rating includes many factors. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 6 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found at any facility. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Facility Inspections
Amazingly, we also awarded this nursing home yet another A+ in the area of inspections. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. We gave it another superb grade of A+ in this area. This rounded out a perfect report card of A+'s. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of providing well above average levels of nursing care, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.47 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better