Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc is a senior living facility located in Genoa, Nebraska, which has 1,613 people. This facility was given an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor grade. As far as we can see, we'd struggle to recommend this nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - City
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Even though this nursing home's overall grade wasn't great, it actually received a good grade in our short-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. This one of its few redeeming features. In determining our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. The nursing rating weighs many datapoints, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, with a grade of D in the inspection category, this facility performed relatively poorly in that area. Inspection scores weigh many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you find severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is generally the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Lastly, we also want to point out that this place received significant government fines in recent years of more than $50,000. This typically indicates that inspectors grew tired after several years of bad government inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed is long-term care. This facility received an abysmal grade of F in this category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to resident care. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated just 49.18033 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 6.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 4.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 3.53% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 19.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 20.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 3.91% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 92.75% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 15.57% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 16.66% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc, 16.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Columbus Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.02 miles away4600 38th St Columbus Nebraska 68601Voluntary non-profit - Other(402) 562-3351
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Center of Columbus18.5 miles away2452 39th Ave Columbus Nebraska 68601Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 563-2139