Milton & Hattie Kutz Home is just one of 15 nursing homes in Wilmington, Delaware. We think highly of this nursing home, which we awarded a B+ overall. We were also impressed with the city grade of facilities in Wilmington, making this one of the best places to find a nursing home. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive.
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Milton & Hattie Kutz Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this nursing home received even higher grades in the area of nursing. In fact, we gave it one of our highest grades in this category with an A. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the state 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 protocol of moving residents more frequently.
Facility Inspections
We also want to emphasize this facility's nearly flawless inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of B+ in this area. Inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a strong long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B in this area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 70.03891 percent of its patients. This is somewhat lower than we expected but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is short-term care, in which we gave it a strong grade of B. This facility truly does not have any weak areas. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 3.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Milton & Hattie Kutz Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 7.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 2.4% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 7.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 21.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 3.43% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 80.34% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 12.39% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 18.34% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 18.34% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 15.97% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, 75.34% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Wilmington, DE
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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