Life Care Center of Omaha
6032 Ville De Sante Drive, Omaha NE 68104 · (402) 571-6770 · 73.12% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Life Care Center of Omaha is in Omaha, Nebraska. The city offers a multitude of available nursing homes. Our grading system was not very kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. This facility doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care rating this year. We gave it a C in that category, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we could find for this nursing home. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. When we looked at this place's physical therapist hours, we found it provided more hours of physical therapy per day than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 42.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this is below average.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an C. Our nursing category assesses many subcategories, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place.
Facility Inspections
Sadly, this facility received a grade of just D in our inspection category. This is well below average grade. One of the more critical factors in assessing inspection reports is deficiencies. We would scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. This facility had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 14 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care, where this nursing home was given a poor grade in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is definitely very concerning. Long-term care grades in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 46.625767 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit below what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. Although it had 2.21 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not as bad due to it having more complex patients. This is its best feature in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Omaha Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given 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 is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better