Heritage of Emerson is a small non-profit nursing home located in Emerson, Nebraska. It looks like this nursing home is among the top facilities we found. A grade in this range requires top-notch scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the country. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's remarkable profile is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Heritage of Emerson
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- 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
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received a top-shelf grade of A in our long-term care area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 97.11539 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing scores are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our fourth category, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in this category. This topped off a very impressive report card. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents that 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.
Heritage of Emerson Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage of Emerson, 6.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage of Emerson, 1.92% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage of Emerson, 1.96% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage of Emerson, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage of Emerson, 18.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage of Emerson, 1.03% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage of Emerson, 98.56% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage of Emerson, 9.78% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage of Emerson, 15.74% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage of Emerson, 15.74% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Providence Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.83 miles away1200 Providence Rd Wayne Nebraska 68787Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 375-3800
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Dakota Dunes, LLC18.57 miles away357 W Tower Rd North Sioux City South Dakota 57049Dialysis Stations: 5 (605) 232-1901