Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home
109 North 2nd Street, Newman Grove NE 68758 · (402) 447-6203 · 66.44% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Newman Grove, Nebraska, Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home is the lone nursing home located in the city. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is ranked among the highest-graded nursing homes we found. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. Headlining this facility's remarkable report card is its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 45 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A+. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies 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
This nursing home also excelled in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.11539 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.18 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was close to the middle of the pack since it had more complex patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was short-term care. Adding to its superb profile, this nursing home also performed well in this area. In fact, we awarded it a of A- for the area. Our short-term care scores are vital for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 42.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the next area, this nursing home also excelled in the nursing category. We gave it a grade of B+ for this area. This topped off a very impressive profile. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this category. This nursing home boasts an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which more than an hour of these were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. Lastly, we also looked at nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better