Heritage Court Post Acute of Scottsdale
3339 North Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale AZ 85251 · (480) 949-5400 · 51.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Heritage Court Post Acute of Scottsdale is in the large metropolitan area of Scottsdale, Arizona. We think highly of this facility, which we gave a B+ overall. We were equally impressed with the city grade of nursing homes in Scottsdale, making this one of the best places to find a nursing home. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care score, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 108 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an elite short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an A. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the country with 60.5 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. The nursing grade is based on a host of subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This facility provides an impressive 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Out of this total, more than one quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses in calculating our nursing scores. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the final category we scored. For this area, we gave this nursing home a D. We want to to point out this potential weakness, however, you should not dwell on a single bad area either. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 95.34884 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Court Post Acute of Scottsdale Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better