Located in Nephi, Utah, Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center is the lone nursing home we were able to find there. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal rating. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. Keep reading to find this facility's category scores, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this facility excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few facilities fared as well in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no 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.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A. The nursing grade is based on a host of factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This particular nursing home provided 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 nursing home 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.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. Adding to its dominant resume, this nursing home also excelled in that category. In fact, we awarded it a of A- in the category. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.9899 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this nursing home was awarded a strong short-term care rating. We gave it a B+ in that category, completing one of our more impressive report cards. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 8.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have had a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 15.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 29.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 4.26% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 99.49% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 12.24% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 16.3% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 16.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center, 59.74% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Central Valley Medical Center - CahCritical Access Hospitals 0.64 miles away48 West 1500 North Nephi Utah 84648Voluntary non-profit - Private(435) 623-3000