Butte Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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2400 Continental Dr,
Butte MT 59701

(406) 723-6556

51.1% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Butte Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Located in Butte, Montana, Butte Center is one of four available facilities in the area. Our grading scheme was not kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. This nursing home does not seem to have any redeeming qualities. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

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Short-term Care Quality

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall score, we gave it a B- for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care grades are critical for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Nurse Quality

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. In computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

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Facility Inspections

We wanted to draw your attention to this place's inspection grade where it received an F. This generally means we found some red flags on its government inspections. For places that received this bad of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Long-term Care Quality

The next area we assessed is long-term care. It received a lowly F in this area, which is a rock bottom grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes offer. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 85.2349 percent of its patients. This is multiple points below the national average. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Butte Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Butte Center, 7.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Butte Center, 5.36% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Butte Center, 3.38% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Butte Center, 15.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Butte Center, 15.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Butte Center, 5.4% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Butte Center, 93.07% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Butte Center, 15.83% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Butte Center, 20.1% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Butte Center, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Butte Center, 20.1 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Butte Center, 12.52 Percentage of Patients

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 emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.