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Handmaker Home for the Aging

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  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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2221 North Rosemont Boulevard,
Tucson AZ 85712

(520) 881-2323

84.36% estimated occupancy 1

Handmaker Home for the Aging is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Tucson, Arizona. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is very good rating. This facility proved to be one of the better nursing homes in the city, which boasts a good selection of nursing homes. As you can see below, this place also performed well in our category ratings. It would be hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • 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

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility excelled at short-term care. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is frequently a useful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A-. In computing a facility's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are with patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The final category we scored is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a favorable nursing score this year, with a grade of B. Even though this was not as dominant as many of its other category grades, this is still one of our stronger scores for this area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Handmaker Home for the Aging Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 6.4% 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

Grade: B-minus

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 3.86% 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

Grade: A+

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 0% 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-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 22.96% 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

Grade: B

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 2.73% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 97.31% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 16.67% 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

Grade: A

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 23.99% 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

Grade: D

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 23.99% 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

Grade: B

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 12.41% 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

Grade: D

In Handmaker Home for the Aging, 68.12% 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
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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