Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Ferron, Utah, a city with a population of 1,797 people. With an A overall grade, we rated this facility in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. You flat out can't do any better than this facility. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+. Our nursing rating assesses many subcategories, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we looked at, this facility received a very strong grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the nursing home topped off a first-rate report card. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.09091 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents that sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 3.85% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 28.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 25.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 97.05% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 19% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 21.57% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 21.57% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.41% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center, 76.71% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.