Douglas County Health Center is located in Omaha, Nebraska, which is one of the largest cities in the nation. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is an elite rating. Indeed, this is better than most of the facilities in Omaha, which boasts a decent selection of nursing homes. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
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Douglas County Health Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
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Awards
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
This nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second most impressive category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 93.32425 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we expected but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in computing our grade in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
Switching gears to our fourth area, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for this area. This finalized a first-rate report card. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Douglas County Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Douglas County Health Center, 3.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Douglas County Health Center, 6.54% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-minus
In Douglas County Health Center, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: F
In Douglas County Health Center, 36.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: D
In Douglas County Health Center, 30.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-plus
In Douglas County Health Center, 1.42% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In Douglas County Health Center, 95.65% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-minus
In Douglas County Health Center, 15.51% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Douglas County Health Center, 17.99% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Douglas County Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Douglas County Health Center, 17.99% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A
In Douglas County Health Center, 7.19% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: A
In Douglas County Health Center, 88.38% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Omaha, NE
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
- Rai Care Center0.36 miles away4411 Center Ste A Omaha Nebraska 68105CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (402) 558-3284
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- Fmc - Nebraska Home Dialysis3.68 miles away2916 S 84th St Omaha Nebraska 68124Dialysis Stations: 1 (402) 393-2865
- Childrens Hospital & Medical Center3.7 miles away111 N 84th St Omaha Nebraska 68114Dialysis Stations: 3 (402) 955-5333
- Rai Care Center - Ames Ave3.87 miles away5084 Ames Ave Omaha Nebraska 68104Dialysis Stations: 17 (402) 451-7754
