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Heritage Care Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Adult Day Care
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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P O Box 667, 909 17th Street,
Fairbury NE 68352

(402) 729-2289

58.7% estimated occupancy 1

Heritage Care Center is a facility located in Fairbury, Nebraska. This city has a total of 5,222 people. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is among the higher-graded facilities we assessed. We flat out can't say enough great things about this nursing home. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to performing well overall, this facility received an excellent inspection report. Consequently, we gave it one of our highest scores in that category with a grade of A. Inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an A-. Our nursing score includes several subcategories, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded it one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B+. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.01478 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The final category we looked at is short-term care, where this facility was given a B+. This finished off a very strong profile. Only a select few facilities received a B+ or better in each of our categories. In calculating these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Heritage Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Care Center, 6.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Heritage Care Center, 8.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Heritage Care Center, 4.62% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Care Center, 11.68% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Heritage Care Center, 8.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Care Center, 1.01% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Care Center, 99.05% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Heritage Care Center, 26.04% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Care Center, 22.04% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Heritage Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Heritage Care Center, 22.04% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Care Center, 83.79% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.