Colonial Acres Nursing Home

Colonial Acres Nursing Home is a small government-owned facility located in Humboldt, Nebraska. This turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the top ratings that we offer. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. This nursing home also received strong grades in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this facility also performed well in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Very few nursing homes fared as well in this area. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among its many elite scores, this nursing home was awarded first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in that category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to providing very favorable levels of nurse staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.10714 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.12 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.

Adding to its strong assessment, this facility also was awarded a dominant short-term care score, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care ratings are critical for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. It fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 50.1 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

In the final area, this nursing home also was given an impressive nursing rating, with a B+. This topped off a very impressive report card. The nursing rating considers many subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, we also looked at nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.