Montana Mental Health Nursing Home
800 Casino Creek Dr, Lewistown MT 59457 · (406) 538-7451 · 63.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Montana Mental Health Nursing Home is an average-sized government-owned nursing home located in Lewistown, Montana. Featuring an overall rating of C, this looks like a decent facility. In our view, this place ought to be a good fit for most people. The best part of this facility's report card is its exemplary nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 117 Beds
CCRC :
Government - State
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its decent overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our nursing rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility boasts an impressive 5.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which more than one hour of these were provided by registered nurses. This is among the most highly skilled levels of nurses. Lastly, this facility appears to be above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this area. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also performed well in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Few nursing homes fared more favorably in this category. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is that it offers more than an hour of care per day from registered nurses per resident. This is really the gold standard for this metric, as it's about 50% higher than a typical facility's level of registered nurse staffing. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given its next highest category score in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a respectable grade. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the quantity of services offered by a nursing home, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. This facility's vaccination statistics weren't as favorable as its nursing hours. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.09901 percent of its residents. We would love to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
The final category we assessed was inspections. This facility did not receive favorable government inspections in recent years. In fact, we gave it an F in this category. This pulled down this nursing home's overall grade significantly. For nursing homes with bad inspection grades, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility had 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 4 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Montana Mental Health Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better