Caldwell Care of Cascadia
210 Cleveland Boulevard, Caldwell ID 83605 · (208) 459-1522 · 86.19% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Caldwell Care of Cascadia is one of just a few available facilities in Caldwell, Idaho. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack score. You could definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this facility's profile was its remarkable nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 71 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its decent overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A for our nursing rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall rating. The nursing rating consists of several datapoints, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. With 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this nursing home was above the national average. Finally, this facility also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility in the state in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given strong short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our better grades in this category, with a B+. This turned out to be the facility's second highest grade. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This place is above average both in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 37.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 99.54128 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
The final category we assessed was inspections. This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, we gave it an F in this category. This ended up pulling down this nursing home's overall grade quite a bit. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We suggest you scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility had 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines in recent years of more than $100,000. This often signifies that a bad track record spanned more than one year.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Caldwell Care of Cascadia Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better