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Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise's website

320 Collins Road, 83702-4519,
Boise ID 83707

(208) 780-1600

62.95% estimated occupancy 1

Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise is a facility located in Boise, Idaho. This city has a total of 235,657 people. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this is without a doubt a very impressive nursing home. We rated this nursing home as one of the top 50 facilities in Idaho. If you look below, you can see this facility's category ratings, which are also impressive.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in this area with an A. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to our third category, this nursing home also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In our last category, this facility also was awarded a first-rate long-term care grade, with a grade of B+. This wrapped up an elite profile. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.233215 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand 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

Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 8.99% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 0.35% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 6.14% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 13.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 7.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 4.43% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 98.81% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 15.3% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 13.68% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 0.22 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, 13.68% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Scores for Boise, ID

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

Looking for more options? Boise, Idaho has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • St Luke's Nampa Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.98 miles away9850 W St Lukes Drive Ste 250 Nampa Idaho 83687Voluntary non-profit - Private(208) 505-2000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Liberty Dialysis - Boise0.81 miles away1109 W Myrtle St Ste 120 Boise Idaho 83702Dialysis Stations: 12 (208) 333-8315
  • Table Rock Dialysis Center3.09 miles away5610 W Gage St, Suite B Boise Idaho 83706CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (208) 658-8111
  • Liberty Dialysis - Meridian8.07 miles away3525 E Louise Dr Suite 100 Meridian Idaho 83642Dialysis Stations: 15 (208) 846-9815
  • Treasure Valley Dialysis Center8.41 miles away3045 E St. Lukes Street Ste 105 Meridian Idaho 83642CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (208) 887-2174
  • Liberty Dialysis - Nampa19.66 miles away280 West Georgia Avenue Nampa Idaho 83686CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (208) 463-8558
  • Nampa Dialysis Center19.98 miles away846 Parkcentre Way Nampa Idaho 83651Dialysis Stations: 15 (208) 467-5180

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=135131