Life Care Center of Treasure Valley
502 North Kimball Place, Boise ID 83704 · (208) 377-1900 · 77.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Life Care Center of Treasure Valley is an average-sized facility located in Boise, Idaho. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. A score in this range requires top-notch scores across the board. Boise offers a host of nursing homes, however, it is unlikely you will need to look at too many others. This one looks like a first class option. One of the best aspects of this facility's stellar report card is its nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. There are a host of datapoints within this area. Most of the subcategories relate to staffing levels. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. This is one of the better totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any facility in the country when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this nursing home's impressive resume, we awarded this facility an A for inspections. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a very strong long-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's third best category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A-. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to offering very impressive levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This statistic is also far higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.62 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this facility also excelled in the short-term care category. We gave it a grade of B+ in this category. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 42.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility permanently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Treasure Valley Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better