Glendive Medical Center Nursing Home

On top of performing well overall, this facility earned an excellent inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in this category with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also would like to alert you to the fact that this facility received an impressive score of A- in our long-term care category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home also received an impressive short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this category. Short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

In the last category we scored, this nursing home was given an impressive grade grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this score, the facility topped off a first-rate report card. There are many data points within this grade. Many of these subcategories are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.