Chehalem Health & Rehab
1900 E. Fulton Street, Newberg OR 97132 · (503) 538-2108 · 49.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Chehalem Health & Rehab is an average-sized nursing home located in Newberg, Oregon. Sporting an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. At the end of the day, this place would be a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's profile was is its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 84 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We want to point out that this nursing home received a much better grade for short-term care than its overall score. It received one of our best grades in that category with an A-. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any facility in Oregon in this area with 56.9 percent of its residents returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A-. When computing our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. With 5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the national average. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as just about any place we looked at.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, we gave this facility a D, which wasn't one of this nursing home's better scores. Our inspection rating is based on the nursing home's government inspections. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility was assessed one category L deficiency, which is the most serious category of deficiencies. This means inspectors identified a widespread deficiency placing resident health or safety in imminent jeopardy. Even one deficiency of this severity really pulls a nursing home's inspection grade down. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines in recent years of more than $100,000. This generally means that a poor track record has been an issue for several years.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care, which proved to be this facility's least impressive category. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is clearly concerning. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 95.48387 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chehalem Health & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that 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 long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better