Central Montana Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

We also would like to emphasize the fact that this nursing home excelled in our nursing score. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. There are a variety of datapoints within this grade. Many of the criteria relate to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient more frequently.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't 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.

The next area we looked at is long-term care. Adding to its elite profile, this nursing home also excelled in that category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A- in that category. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.85058 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In our last area, this facility also was given a first-rate short-term care score, with a grade of A-. This rounded out a first-rate profile. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.