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Loln County Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

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Loln County Care Center's website

511 East Fourth Street,
Shoshone ID 83352

(208) 886-2228

77.49% estimated occupancy ¹

Please note our records indicate that Loln County Care Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Loln County Care Center is in Shoshone, Idaho. With an overall rating of B-, this looks like a solid facility. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. While this nursing home has performed respectably, we did want to let you know that there was an ownership change in the last year. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to see whether their performance goes up or down under new ownership.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2023)

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility also was given a positive score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B+ in that category. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third area we looked at was short-term care, where this nursing home received a B- in this area. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a reliable measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The last area we assessed is nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is obviously a significant disappointment. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This particular facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This number is quite a bit below the national average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Loln County Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Loln County Care Center, 10.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Loln County Care Center, 8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients which suffered a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Loln County Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Loln County Care Center, 17.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Loln County Care Center, 7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Loln County Care Center, 9.46% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Loln County Care Center, 98.62% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Loln County Care Center, 6.38% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Loln County Care Center, 12.35% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Loln County Care Center, 12.35% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Loln County Care Center, 73.27% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.