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Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center's website

1071 Renee Avenue,
Pocatello ID 83201

(208) 233-1411

50.53% estimated occupancy ¹

Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center is in Pocatello, Idaho, a city with a population of 78,008 people. Featuring an overall grade of A, this is clearly a first-rate nursing home. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 25 best facilities in Idaho. Headlining this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Lymphedema Care

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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

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility also excelled in inspections, which is based on its recent inspection reports. We awarded it a grade of A in this area. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Contributing to its strong profile, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care area. In fact, it received a grade of A for that area. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing rating weighs quite a few subcategories, but the main consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Turning to the fourth category, this facility also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area. This finalized a very strong profile. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 3.01% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 1.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 1.23% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 8.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 21.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 13.5% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 10.6% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 19.93% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 19.93% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 8.55% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.