With an address in Reno, Nevada, Life Care Center of Reno is one of seven facilities in the city. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
Life Care Center of Reno
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- 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
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing category consists of many datapoints, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of C. This actually ended up being this facility's weakest category. This is still not the end of the world. In the area of long-term care, we assess the quantity of services provided by a facility, rather than more medically-intensive services. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Reno Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of Reno, 9.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Reno, 1.97% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients that had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Reno, 2.27% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Reno, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Reno, 17.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Reno, 2.99% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Reno, 76.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Reno, 15.13% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Reno, 21.2% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Reno, 1.21 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Reno, 21.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Reno, 9.64 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Reno, 68.66% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Reno, NV
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Reno, Nevada has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Carson Tahoe Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.87 miles away1600 Medical Parkway Carson City Nevada 89703Voluntary non-profit - Private(775) 445-8000
Nearby Dialysis
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