Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home located in Carson City, Nevada. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade. In fact, we found this facility to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Carson City, which has a city grade of B-. Keep reading to see this facility's category ratings, which are also quite good. It's hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
2898 Highway 50 East,
Carson City NV 89701
71.64% estimated occupancy 1
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Nurse Quality
In addition to a strong overall score, this nursing home also received a favorable nursing grade this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better grades in this area, with a B. We weighed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility received a favorable long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 95.71429 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.92 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our more positive grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B. With our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. It fared better than most facilities in this area with 53.5 percent of its residents returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In the last category we assessed, this nursing home earned a decent grade in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weak links. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.16% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 77.27% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.56% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.61% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.18 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.61 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.79 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 68.53% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Carson City, NV
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Carson City, Nevada has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Carson Tahoe Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.58 miles away1600 Medical Parkway Carson City Nevada 89703Voluntary non-profit - Private(775) 445-8000
- Incline Village Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 13.24 miles away880 Alder Street Incline Village Nevada 89451Government - Hospital District or Authority(775) 833-4100
- Renown South Meadows Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.67 miles away10101 Double R Blvd Reno Nevada 89521Voluntary non-profit - Private(775) 982-7063
Nearby Dialysis
- Carson City Dialysis (Dci)2 miles away778 Basque Way Carson City Nevada 89706Dialysis Stations: 12 (775) 883-5400
- Carson City Dialysis Center (Dva)2.59 miles away3246 N Carson St Ste 110 Carson City Nevada 89706Dialysis Stations: 24 (775) 886-6450
- Liberty Dialysis - Carson City3.6 miles away4500 S Carson St Carson City Nevada 89701Dialysis Stations: 20 (775) 461-7250
- Gardnerville Dialysis (Dci)19 miles away1281 Kimmerling Rd Ste a1 Gardnerville Nevada 89460Dialysis Stations: 12 (775) 265-4706
- South Meadows Dialysis (Dva)19.18 miles away10085 Double R Blvd Ste 160 Reno Nevada 89521CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (775) 852-4200