Northern Nevada State Veterans Home

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 9.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 3.12% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 3.55% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents who had UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 5.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 7.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 7.47% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 98.34% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 9.23% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 11.62% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 11.62% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 0% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

In Northern Nevada State Veterans Home, 88.35% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.