Guam Memorial Hospital Authority is the lone nursing home we were able to find in Barrigada, Guam. This facility was given an A- overall, which is one of our better scores. You flat out can not do much better than this nursing home. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Guam Memorial Hospital Authority
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - State
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category, where it earned a grade of A-. Few nursing homes did better in this area. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. We were not able to locate information on vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a fine short-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this facility's second strongest category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Finally, this nursing home also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Guam Memorial Hospital Authority Quality Metrics
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, 3.14% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.