Handmaker Home for the Aging is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Tucson, Arizona. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B+, which is very good rating. We were pleased to learn that this matched the average grade of nursing homes in Tucson, which is one of the better cities in Arizona to find a nursing home. As you will see below, this facility also performed well in our category ratings. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
Handmaker Home for the Aging
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home earned even higher grades in the area of long-term care. In fact, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an A. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. There are a number of subcategories included in this grade. Many of these criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B. This facility proved to be very solid in each category we looked at. Short-term care grades are typically used to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Handmaker Home for the Aging Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 2.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 1.68% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 11.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 3.1% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 80.03% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 12.44% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 20.97% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 20.97 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 73.85% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Tucson, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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