Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home in Tucson, Arizona. This facility was given an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable rating. Based on all of the relevant data, there are certainly far worse places out there. One of the best aspects of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency data for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this facility. Without complete information regarding deficiencies, it ended up being a challenge to evaluate this facility in the area of inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
We also want to note that this nursing home received a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it one of our most impressive grades in this area with a score of A-. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our long-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of nursing services. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The next area we analyzed is nursing, which was this facility's least impressive category. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is obviously a major concern. The nursing score assesses many components, but the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home offered just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 2.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 1.68% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 11.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 3.1% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 80.03% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 12.44% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 20.97% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Some believe that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 20.97 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Catalina Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 73.85% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Tucson, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- 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-minus
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