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Community Memorial Health Center Ltc

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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P O Box 340, 295 North 8th Street,
Burwell NE 68823

(308) 346-4440

95.31% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Burwell, Nebraska, Community Memorial Health Center Ltc is the only facility located in the city. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this is likely a decent facility. You could definitely do worse than this facility. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection grade, 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
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home performed well in the category of nursing. We gave it an C for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Nursing grades are largely tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area.

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Long-term Care Quality

We also awarded this nursing home a decent score in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a C. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated only 90.86957 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Our next area is short-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is considered to be a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Community Memorial Health Center Ltc Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 6.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 4.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 3.53% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 19.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 20.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 3.91% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 92.75% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 15.57% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 16.66% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 16.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 10.43 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Community Memorial Health Center Ltc, 76.12% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.