Glisan Care Center
9750 Ne Glisan Street, Portland OR 97220 · (503) 256-3920 · 62.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Glisan Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Portland, Oregon. This is a strong nursing home with a grade of B+ overall. We were pleased to learn that many of the other nursing homes in Portland received similar grades. Even in a city of 34 nursing homes, this facility is a great option. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile is its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To pair with its impressive overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating includes several datapoints, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility offers an impressive 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is among the better figures in the state. Finally, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of achievements, it also received a first-rate short-term care grade. We awarded them an elite strong of A- in this category. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more meaningful for those requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. This place outperformed most nursing homes in the country with 55.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an impressive grade of B+ for that category, which is among our best scores. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated ended up being this facility's weakest area. However, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of B- for our long-term care category. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. In addition to providing high levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Glisan Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better