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. The best part of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Douglas Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. Its inspection score was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. 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
This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.2 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 nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving patients more frequently.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home was awarded positive long-term care marks this year. We awarded them one of our higher scores in this area, with a grade of B. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 95.37572 percent of its patients, which is higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive category was short-term care, which is the last category we scored. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is generally a useful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, this facility was subpar in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well 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, 6.07% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Douglas Care Center, 4.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents which sustained falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Douglas Care Center, 3.68% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who had a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Douglas Care Center, 18.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Douglas Care Center, 14.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Douglas Care Center, 5.34% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Douglas Care Center, 95.12% 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, 15.53% Percentage 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, 18.85% Percentage 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, 1.07 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, 18.85 Percentage 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, 10.57 Percentage 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, 76.64% Percentage 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