Hill Top Home of Comfort is the lone nursing home we found in Killdeer, North Dakota. This facility received an A- overall, which is among the top ratings we offer. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Hill Top Home of Comfort
- 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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, it also earned A+ inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually flawless. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Nursing scores are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this nursing home was awarded an excellent long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is short-term care. This facility received a better than average short-term care score this year, with a B-. Even though this wasn't quite as impressive as some of its other category grades, this remains an acceptable score for that category. Short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 3.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hill Top Home of Comfort Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 3.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 0.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 1.92% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 18.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 16.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 100% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 17.84% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 16.91% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 0.3 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 16.91% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 8.46% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hill Top Home of Comfort, 74.08% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.