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Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center

Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center's website

3251 Nettie St,
Butte MT 59701

(406) 723-3225

33.33% estimated occupancy ¹

Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Butte, Montana. Sporting an overall grade of B, this appears to be a very respectable nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Butte. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Bariatric Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned a very impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In this area, we gave it a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home fared well in our short-term care category. Indeed, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which happens to be one of our most dominant scores. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is often a fair assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

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Long-term Care Quality

The third area we assessed was long-term care. This facility was given a very positive long-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in the area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.02439 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

The next category we graded is nursing. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor grade. You shouldn't simply rule out a facility as a result of one weak category though. Our nursing score considers numerous data points. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This facility provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.25% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.32% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 14.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.28% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 93.06% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.55% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.63% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.15 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 12.8 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, 74.36% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.