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Hale Ho'ola Hamakua

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Hale Ho'ola Hamakua's website

45-547 Plumeria Street,
Honokaa HI 96727

(808) 932-4100

77.27% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Hale Ho'ola Hamakua has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Hale Ho'ola Hamakua is located in Honokaa, Hawaii. We gave this facility an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally suggests some concerning datapoints. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Honokaa. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - State
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Hawaii Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Hawaii Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. This grade is better than the place's overall grade. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

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. Our nursing rating is largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home was given its next most favorable category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable score. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is typically a fair measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we looked at was long-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this area. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.63033 percent of its patients, which is an above average percentage. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization 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.

Hale Ho'ola Hamakua Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 5.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 0.95% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 2.91% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who experienced urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 3.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients that were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 18.1% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 2.93% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 98.82% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 7.34% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 16.04% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 16.04% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Hale Ho'ola Hamakua, 97.96% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.