Located in Lihue, Hawaii, Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is the lone nursing home we identified in the area. With an overall grade of A-, this facility ended up being one of the top 50 facilities in Hawaii. This is just about as good of a facility as you'll find. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card was its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section
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Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care scores are likely more meaningful for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. You really can't do much better than a deficiency-free inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. The nursing rating includes a number of factors. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a patient at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable score in this category, with a grade of B-. While this isn't as strong as many of its other grades, it is still not a major area of concern. Our long-term care scores are more important for those needing more conventional assistance related to activities of daily living. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this facility vaccinated just 63.636364 percent of its residents, which is slightly concerning. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.18% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls which caused 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 Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.31% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.82% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.47% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 79.4% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.5% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.53% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Garden Isle Healthcare 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 Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 20.84% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 70.6% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wilcox Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away3-3420 Kuhio Highway Lihue Hawaii 96766Government - Federal(808) 245-1103
- Samuel Mahelona Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 7.2 miles away4800 Kawaihau Road Kapaa Hawaii 96746Government - State(808) 822-4961
- Kauai Veterans Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.05 miles away4643 Waimea Canyon Drive Waimea Hawaii 96796Government - State(808) 338-9431
Nearby Dialysis
- Kauai Dialysis Facility0.48 miles away3224 Elua Street Lihue Hawaii 96766Dialysis Stations: 11 (808) 245-3770
- West Kauai Dialysis19.72 miles away4643 a Waimea Canyon Road Waimea Hawaii 96796Dialysis Stations: 8 (808) 338-1100