Cody Regional Health Long Term Care Center
707 Sheridan Avenue, Cody WY 82414 · (307) 578-2434 · 77.76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Cody Regional Health Long Term Care Center is located in Cody, Wyoming. This nursing home proved to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 94 Beds
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Government - Hospital district
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its best category. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A-. The nursing rating assesses many components, but the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. At least one fourth of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. In determining our nursing ratings, we apply more weight to hours provided by more highly trained nurses such as registered nurses. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as good measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor dings are not something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B. It performed better than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care scores are presumably most important for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This facility elevated its score in this area by offering more care from registered nurses than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 40.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a D in that area. Of course, this category pulled down the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.09886 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cody Regional Health Long Term Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better