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Douglas Care Center

Nursing Home
Assisted Living
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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1108 Birch Street,
Douglas WY 82633

(307) 358-3397

81.16% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Douglas, Wyoming, Douglas Care Center is the sole option we identified in the area. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this looks like a solid nursing home. Based on our ratings, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. We were also pleased to discover that this nursing home was consistent in each of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No 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

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Optometry
Audiology
Colostomy Care
Catheter Care
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A. This is a notably better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Nurse Quality

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing score. We awarded them an impressive grade of B- in this category. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.

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Long-term Care Quality

We also gave this facility a middle of the pack score in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a C. In our long-term care rating, we assess the sheer quantity of care provided by a nursing home, as well as a handful of qualitative metrics. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 98.4127 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Moving on to our final area, this facility was given a decent short-term care score of C. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 3.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Douglas Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Douglas Care Center, 8.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Douglas Care Center, 7.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term care patients that suffered falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Douglas Care Center, 9.84% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Douglas Care Center, 10.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Douglas Care Center, 8.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Douglas Care Center, 2.17% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Douglas Care Center, 98.2% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Douglas Care Center, 11.67% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Douglas Care Center, 13.2% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Douglas Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Douglas Care Center, 13.2% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Douglas Care Center, 8.32% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Douglas Care Center, 83.79% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Memorial Hospital of Converse CountyCritical Access Hospitals 0.59 miles away111 South 5th Street Douglas Wyoming 82633Government - Local(307) 358-2122