Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital
1715 26th Street, Central City NE 68826 · (308) 946-3015 · 71.3% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital is located in Central City, Nebraska. The city has 3,955 people. With an overall score of A-, this facility is one of the better nursing homes we assessed. We really can not say enough favorable things about this nursing home. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 46 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a quality overall score, this nursing home also earned excellent government inspections recently. We awarded it one of our best scores in that category, with a grade of A. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its fine profile, this facility also was awarded a superb long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 88.54167 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.36 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores this year. In fact, we gave it one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a grade of B+. In forming these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. When we assessed this nursing home's nursing hours, we found it offered quite a bit more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we assessed was nursing. This facility was awarded a better than average nursing grade this year, with a grade of B. While this is not quite as dominant as a few of its other category grades, this remains one of the stronger scores for that area. There are a variety of factors included in this category. Many of the data points relate to levels of nurse staffing. This place offers 3.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which more than an hour was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled nurses. In determining our nursing ratings, we attach more significance to hours provided by registered nurses. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better