Linden Court

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

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Linden Court's website

4000 West Philip Avenue,
North Platte NE 69101

(308) 532-5774

63.77% estimated occupancy ¹

Linden Court is one of just three available nursing homes located in North Platte, Nebraska. This facility is one of the top nursing homes we assessed. Receiving an A+ in our rating system requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it as the top facility in North Platte. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its long-term care grade. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Best Nursing Home in North Platte, Nebraska Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in North Platte, Nebraska Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Nebraska Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in North Platte, Nebraska Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also received a high-end short-term care score. This actually ended up being this nursing home's second strongest category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

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Facility Inspections

Moving on to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an impressive grade of A for that category. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Moving on to the next area, this facility received a highly favorable nursing rating. We awarded it a grade of A in this category, giving this facility straight A's. Nursing scores are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Linden Court Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Linden Court, 5.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Linden Court, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which have experienced falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Linden Court, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Linden Court, 18.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Linden Court, 19.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Linden Court, 4.32% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Linden Court, 93.19% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Linden Court, 14.85% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Linden Court, 18.85% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Linden Court, 1.37 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Linden Court, 18.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Linden Court, 9.35 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.