Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation is a small facility located in Clancy, Montana. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a respectable rating. Based on our assessment, this place would be a solid choice for quite a few people. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given favorable long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more impressive scores in that category, with a grade of B+. This turned out to be the nursing home's second highest score. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 72.22222 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest category came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Short-term care grades are crucial for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed is nursing. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category, which is a poor grade. This is clearly a significant disappointment. We looked at the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in determining our rating in this category. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 8.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 5.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 3.32% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 16.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used to treat several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 14.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 5.28% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 93.06% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 15.55% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 18.63% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 1.15 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 18.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 12.8 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, 74.36% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
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