David M Dorsett Healthcare Community is a small nursing home located in Spearfish, South Dakota. This nursing home is a solid facility, with an overall grade of C. You can definitely do worse than this facility. This place did not fare well in all of our categories, but it did not receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about these categories can be found below.
David M Dorsett Healthcare Community
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- 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
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home earned a short-term care score which is stronger than its overall score. We awarded this facility a B+ in this category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an B+. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is long-term care, proved to be this facility's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes provide. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated only 84.67433 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
David M Dorsett Healthcare Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that suffer from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 5.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 4.79% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 95.19% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 16.7% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 19.23% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 19.23 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 10.33 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In David M Dorsett Healthcare Community, 80.24% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Regional Health Spearfish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.43 miles away1440 N Main St Spearfish South Dakota 57783Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 644-4000
- Regional Health Lead-Deadwood HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.59 miles away61 Charles Street Deadwood South Dakota 57732Voluntary non-profit - Private(605) 717-6000
- Regional Health Sturgis HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.14 miles away2140 Junction Ave Sturgis South Dakota 57785Voluntary non-profit - Other(605) 720-2400
Nearby Dialysis
- Regional Dialysis Center - Spearfish0.91 miles away132 Yankee St Spearfish South Dakota 57783Dialysis Stations: 6 (605) 719-6400