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Heritage Place

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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232 Rockwell Avenue,
Soldotna AK 99669

(907) 262-2545

82% estimated occupancy 1

Heritage Place is a nursing home located in Soldotna, Alaska. The city has 14,191 people. With an overall rating of A, this is clearly a phenomenal facility. At the end of the day, this nursing home is a no brainer for most people. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It would be 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 - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Awards

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Best Nursing Home in Alaska Awards 2019

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Best Nursing Home in Alaska Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in Alaska Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in nursing, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing rating includes a number of datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning residents even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

On the list of its many dominant grades, this nursing home was given first-rate short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in this category. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This nursing home also earned excellent inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best grades in that area, with an A. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In our last area, we gave this facility a grade of A for its long-term care grade. This wrapped up a very strong profile. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.941795 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Heritage Place Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Place, 5.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Heritage Place, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Place, 0.53% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which have experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Heritage Place, 5.82% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Heritage Place, 1.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Heritage Place, 3.7% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Heritage Place, 96.53% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Place, 10% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Heritage Place, 14.25% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Place, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Place, 14.25% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Heritage Place, 17.81% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Place, 82.88% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Central Peninsula General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.16 miles away250 Hospital Place Soldotna Alaska 99669Voluntary non-profit - Other(907) 262-4404

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Soldotna0.87 miles away289 N Firewood Lane Ste A Soldotna Alaska 99669Dialysis Stations: 12 (907) 420-4970