Community Nursing Home of Anaconda is the only facility we were able to find in Anaconda, Montana. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. Based on our assessment, you can't go wrong with this facility. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category ratings, which look to be just as strong as its overall grade.
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Community Nursing Home of Anaconda
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
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Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility an A. We weighed the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with residents, in computing our grade in this category. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient more frequently.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is short-term care. Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also excelled in this area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A- for the category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our next area, this facility was awarded an extremely favorable long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 89.04109 percent of its residents. This is slightly less than we were hoping for. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Community Nursing Home of Anaconda Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 17.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 5.56% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 15.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 8.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 1.47% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 93.09% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 13.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 18.6% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, 18.6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Hospital of AnacondaCritical Access Hospitals 0.58 miles away401 W Pennsylvania Anaconda Montana 59711Voluntary non-profit - Private(406) 563-8500