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Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center

Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center's website

PO Box 648, 202 North Esther,
Fullerton NE 68638

(308) 536-2488

71.73% estimated occupancy ¹

Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home located in Fullerton, Nebraska. This nursing home received an overall grade of B-, which is a solid grade. Based on our analysis, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its exemplary inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

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Facility Inspections

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with an A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's second most favorable category was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B-. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 97.560974 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third category we graded was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B- in this area. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. 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

This facility's least impressive category was nursing, which is the final category we scored. For this category, we gave this facility a grade of D. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 3.69% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 18.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 19.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.27% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 93.22% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 15.08% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 21.04% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.25 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Fullerton Care and Rehabilitation Center, 21.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.