Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home located in Missoula, Montana. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires favorable scores in most areas. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this place. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
3018 Rattlesnake Dr,
Missoula MT 59802
48.67% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none 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
Among the reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a dominant long-term care score. In fact, long-term care ended up being its second most favorable category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A-. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 84.375 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we anticipated. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.22 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing score assesses quite a few subcategories, however, the paramount one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Montana in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a patient more often.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we rated was short-term care, in which this nursing home received a grade of C. This was this nursing home's worst category. This is nevertheless not a bad grade. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This facility provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most facilities we looked at. This is typically a great sign. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 36.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.37% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 93.08% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.19% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 20.41% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.07 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Missoula Health & Rehabilitation Center, 20.41 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Patrick HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.11 miles away500 W Broadway Missoula Montana 59806Voluntary non-profit - Church(406) 543-7271
- Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.55 miles away2827 Fort Missoula Rd Missoula Montana 59804Voluntary non-profit - Private(406) 728-4100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Missoula3.25 miles away3100 Great Northern Ave Missoula Montana 59808CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (406) 549-2980