Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital is a small hospital-based facility located in Central City, Nebraska. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 25 best facilities in Nebraska. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. As you can find below, this nursing home performed just as well in our category scores. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
1715 26th Street,
Central City NE 68826
54.34% estimated occupancy 1
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Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. One of the factors we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 95.4955 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the aged 65 and up population. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.12 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. The nursing grade includes quite a few components, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This was one of the better figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of offering high levels of care, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With below 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any facility Nebraska in this category.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final area, this facility also was given an impressive short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. In forming these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. One of this facility's strengths is that it provides more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses per resident. This is the gold standard for this area, as it's about 1.5 times higher than the average facility's level of registered nurse staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 5.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 4.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 3.74% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 17.84% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 19.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 4.13% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 93.24% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 15.12% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 21.01% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 1.25 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital, 21.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Merrick Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away1715 26th St Central City Nebraska 68826Government - Local(308) 946-3015
- Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.22 miles away1423 Seventh St Aurora Nebraska 68818Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 694-3171