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Chinle Nursing Home

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
Oct 18: CNov 18: CDec 18: CJan 19: CFeb 19: CMar 19: CApr 19: B-May 19: B-Jun 19: B-Jul 19: B-Aug 19: CSep 19: CJan 20: CMar 20: CApr 20: DMay 20: DJun 20: DJul 20: DAug 20: DSep 20: COct 20: DJan 21: CFeb 21: CMar 21: CApr 21: CMay 21: CJun 21: CJul 21: CAug 21: CSep 21: COct 21: CNov 21: CJan 22: CFeb 22: CMar 22: CApr 22: CMay 22: CJun 22: C
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PO Box 910,
Chinle AZ 86503

(928) 674-5216

71.62% estimated occupancy 1

Chinle Nursing Home is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Chinle, Arizona. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some decent marks. In our view, this facility ought to be a solid choice for most people. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received an A. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 96.17225 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also was awarded a strong grade in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in that area. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. In computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, while this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this subcategory.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Moving on our last category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. With an F in the inspection category, this nursing home's overall grade was pulled down significantly. For facilities with bad inspection scores, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was hit with one category J or K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. Lastly, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received large government fines in recent years totaling over $100,000. This usually means that a facility's poor performance has been an issue for more than one year.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Chinle Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Chinle Nursing Home, 9.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Chinle Nursing Home, 2.25% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Chinle Nursing Home, 1.58% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that sustained UTI's. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Chinle Nursing Home, 11.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Chinle Nursing Home, 16.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Chinle Nursing Home, 2.87% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Chinle Nursing Home, 81.19% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Chinle Nursing Home, 12.86% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Chinle Nursing Home, 23.01% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Chinle Nursing Home, 1.32 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Chinle Nursing Home, 23.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=035242