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Meridian Meadows Transitional Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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2656 E Magic View Drive,
Meridian ID 83642

(208) 996-2801

81.15% estimated occupancy ¹

Meridian Meadows Transitional Care is located in Meridian, Idaho. With an overall score of B+, this looks like a high quality facility. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the country. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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

Specialized Services

Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Idaho Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Idaho Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It doesn't look like we have deficiency data for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency related data, it ended up being difficult to assess this facility in the inspections category.

Short-term Care Quality

Adding to this facility's list of strengths, it also was given a top-shelf short-term care grade. We awarded them a strong strong of A in this area. With our short-term care score, we try to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Idaho in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients more often.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we assessed was long-term care. This facility received an impressive long-term care grade in our assessment, with a grade of C. Although this was not quite as impressive as some of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a decent grade for that area. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.2126 percent of its patients. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Meridian Meadows Transitional Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 10.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 4% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 9.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 13.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 14.78% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 98.09% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 8.7% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 18.8% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 18.8% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Meridian Meadows Transitional Care, 16.69% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.