Elms Health Care Center
P O Box 628, 410 Ball Park Road, Ponca NE 68770 · (402) 755-2233 · 97.61% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Elms Health Care Center is the only nursing home located in Ponca, Nebraska. This nursing home received an overall grade of C, which is a good rating. Based on our analysis, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 42 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a strong grade in short-term care. This facility received a B in this area, which turns out to be one of our more impressive grades. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. Nursing scores are largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 2.8 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused measures. We especially look at the percent of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these datapoints are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these issues.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the final category we scored. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category. In spite of some acceptable scores in other areas, this grade is nevertheless of a concern so we felt obligated to make a note of it. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 30.625002 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is quite a bit lower than the national average. Unfortunately, this place's hospitalization rate was also a cause for concern. We found that this place had 2.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elms Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from 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 statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better