Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia is a small nursing home in Phoenix, Arizona. With an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly an elite facility. In spite of Phoenix having 24 other nursing homes to choose from, this one managed to stand out as a first-rate option. This facility also received phenomenal scores in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless health inspections recently. We gave them an A+ in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. It doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
To complement its elite performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for our long-term care rating. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients 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. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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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-. Nursing grades are mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
In our last category, this nursing home also received a first-rate short-term care grade, with a B+. This wrapped up a very strong report card. In the category of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 2.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to major injury.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 11.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 3.1% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 80.03% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Northpark Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia, 73.85% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Phoenix, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Phoenix, Arizona has 23 other nursing homes