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Hemingford Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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605 Donald Avenue,
Hemingford NE 69348

(308) 487-3301

53.88% estimated occupancy ¹

Hemingford Care Center is the sole facility we identified in Hemingford, Nebraska. This facility is ranked among the highest-graded facilities we found. This facility was given one of the top ratings we offer. You simply can't do much better than this facility. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

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Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2023)

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also received a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being this facility's second strongest category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 96.61017 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing grades are largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning residents more often.

Short-term Care Quality

The final category we looked at was short-term care. This nursing home received a very good nursing rating this year, with a grade of B. While this wasn't nearly as impressive as some of its other grades, this is still one of the more favorable scores in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Hemingford Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Hemingford Care Center, 3.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Hemingford Care Center, 6.78% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Hemingford Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have had UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Hemingford Care Center, 33.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Hemingford Care Center, 15.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Hemingford Care Center, 9.43% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Hemingford Care Center, 96.13% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Hemingford Care Center, 25.45% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Hemingford Care Center, 18.21% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Hemingford Care Center, 18.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.