Located in Adams, Nebraska, Gold Crest Retirement Center is the lone facility we identified there. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is without a doubt an impressive facility. This is really as good of a facility as you'll find. This nursing home also received consistently good ratings in all four of our categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Gold Crest Retirement Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an A. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Nebraska in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents more frequently.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our higher scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are considered to be most critical for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was long-term care, where this facility received a grade of B. This actually was this nursing home's least impressive category. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when it's poorest grade still beats out most other facilities. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gold Crest Retirement Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 5.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 18.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 19.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 4.32% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 93.19% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 14.85% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Some believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 18.85% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 1.37 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gold Crest Retirement Center, 18.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Nearby Hospitals
- Johnson County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.82 miles away202 High St Tecumseh Nebraska 68450Government - Local(402) 335-3361
Nearby Dialysis
- Beatrice Dialysis15.34 miles away5200 Hospital Parkway Beatrice Nebraska 68310Dialysis Stations: 8 (402) 223-7848