Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Salt Lake City, Utah. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. In fact, this is ranked among the fifteen highest graded nursing homes in the city. Keep reading to see this facility's category ratings, which are also strong. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this area. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given strong scores in the area of long-term care as well. Consequently, we awarded it one of our most dominant scores in that category with a score of A-. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 95.38461 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. When determining our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this nursing home received an excellent short-term care rating. This facility did not turn out to have any weak areas. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 6.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 2.65% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 21.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 10.85% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 83% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 14% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 18.79% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 0.9 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 18.79 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 10.55 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing, 72.2% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Salt Lake City, UT
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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- Primary Childrens HospitalChildrens 4.52 miles away100 North Mario Capecchi Drive Salt Lake City Utah 84113Voluntary non-profit - Private(801) 662-6212
- Lds HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.56 miles away8th Avenue and C Street Salt Lake City Utah 84143Voluntary non-profit - Private(801) 408-1100
- University of Utah Hospitals and ClinicsAcute Care Hospitals 4.64 miles away50 North Medical Drive Salt Lake City Utah 84132Government - State(801) 581-2121
- Alta View HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.47 miles away9660 South 1300 East Sandy Utah 84094Voluntary non-profit - Private(801) 501-2600
- Jordan Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.97 miles away3580 West 9000 South West Jordan Utah 84088Voluntary non-profit - Other(801) 561-8888
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care Wasatch1.61 miles away3702 South State Street, Suite 101 Salt Lake City Utah 84115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (801) 904-4407
- Utah Dialysis Lab2.52 miles away1000 S Main St Ste 105 Salt Lake City Utah 84101Dialysis Stations: 19 (801) 408-1400
- Intermountain Medical Center Dialysis Services3.51 miles away74 West Vine Street Salt Lake City Utah 84107CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (801) 507-9000
- Kolff Dialysis Center/Univ. Of Utah4.14 miles away423 Wakara Way Suite 200 Salt Lake City Utah 84108Dialysis Stations: 17 (801) 581-3981
- Primary Children's Dialysis Center4.48 miles away81 North Mario Capecchi Dr Salt Lake City Utah 84113Dialysis Stations: 6 (801) 662-7600
- West Valley Dialysis Clinic5.28 miles away3854 W 5400 S Salt Lake City Utah 84129CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (801) 969-6801
- Oquirrh Artificial Kidney Center5.78 miles away5320 South 2700 West Salt Lake City Utah 84129CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (801) 417-9900
- Fresenius Kidney Care West Salt Lake5.81 miles away4101 West Pioneer Parkway Suite 101 Salt Lake City Utah 84120Dialysis Stations: 13 (801) 966-9978