Kula Hospital
100 Keokea Place, Kula HI 96790 · (808) 878-1221 · 81.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Kula Hospital is the sole option we identified in Kula, Hawaii. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all facilities in the United States. We simply can't say enough favorable things about this nursing home. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category scores, which are equally strong as its overall score.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. In computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home in the state in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We look at these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its elite resume, this facility also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, it received a score of A in that category. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of really impressive nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination records was as good as it gets also. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 98.08917 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.84 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was short-term care. Adding to its first-rate profile, this facility also excelled in this category. In fact, we gave it a of A in the area. In our short-term care assessment, we try to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. This facility provides more care from registered nurses to its patients than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature for this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an elite grade of A, wrapping up its straight A performance. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. 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.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kula Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better