Douglas County Health Center
4102 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha NE 68105 · (402) 444-7314 · 85.74% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Douglas County Health Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Omaha, Nebraska. Sporting an overall score of A, we found this facility as one of the top ten nursing homes in the city. An overall score in this range is a good indication of a world class facility. Omaha features many other nursing homes, but we question whether you will need to check out too many others. This one looks like a first class option. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 254 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in nursing, where it received an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident each day, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly skilled levels of nurses. This is among the highest totals of nursing hours we found. In addition to providing high levels of care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning our third area, we gave this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care score. This is a very strong rating. In our short-term care score, we seek to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. It performed better than most facilities in the nation with 50.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care score. This wrapped up a first-rate report card. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. This facility's vaccination data weren't as strong as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.04576 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.36 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Douglas County Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better