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Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus's website

P O Box 625, 2855 40th Avenue,
Columbus NE 68602

(402) 564-8014

53.65% estimated occupancy ¹

Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus is one of just two nursing homes located in Columbus, Nebraska. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is a quality score. This facility truly has plenty of good features. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Among the reasons we graded this facility so favorably is that it received a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, long-term care turned out to be its second most favorable category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a score of A-. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 66.96035 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third area we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a B- in this area. With our short-term care category, we seek to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Nurse Quality

The last category we graded is nursing. We gave this facility a D for the area of nursing, making this the facility's weakest category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. While this facility's nursing hours are below average, it actually surprised us in a few of the qualitative statistics in this category. In particular, we were pleased to find that its patients appear to be suffering fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 5.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 3.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 3.3% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients that sustained a UTI. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 28.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 82.71% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 8.23% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 13.88% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Many argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 13.88% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 5.12% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus, 84.38% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Columbus Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.79 miles away4600 38th St Columbus Nebraska 68601Voluntary non-profit - Other(402) 562-3351
Chi Health SchuylerCritical Access Hospitals 16.47 miles away104 West 17th St Schuyler Nebraska 68661Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 352-2441
Butler County Health Care CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.93 miles away372 South 9th St David City Nebraska 68632Government - Local(402) 367-1200