Life Care Center of Coos Bay is one of just two nursing homes located in Coos Bay, Oregon. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our best scores. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Life Care Center of Coos Bay
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to earning a great overall score, this facility excelled at short-term care. In fact, we gave it an A for that category. Our short-term care ratings are critical for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Our nursing grade weighs a variety of subcategories. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B-. Even though this proved to be its lowest category score, this is still a middle of the pack score. In determining these long-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's personal care services. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Coos Bay Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 7.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 0.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 6.52% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 11.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 14.4% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 31.69% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 31.69% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 23.7% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Coos Bay, 66.85% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Bay Area HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.82 miles away1775 Thompson Road Coos Bay Oregon 97420Government - Hospital District or Authority(541) 269-8124
- Coquille Valley Hospital DistrictCritical Access Hospitals 14.57 miles away940 East 5th Street Coquille Oregon 97423Government - Hospital District or Authority(541) 396-3101
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Coos Bay0.68 miles away1971 Thompson Rd Coos Bay Oregon 97420CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (541) 266-9204