Nuuanu Hale is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, which is among the largest cities in the country. With an B+ overall grade, we rated this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Nuuanu Hale
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. There are a variety of subcategories included in this area. Many of these subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its dominant long-term care score. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of A-. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.57085 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is short-term care. This facility received a superb short-term care score. We gave them a dominant grade of A- in this area. Our short-term care grades are probably more critical for individuals requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to the last category we assessed, this facility received a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a score of B- for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weak links. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nuuanu Hale Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nuuanu Hale, 5.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nuuanu Hale, 1.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nuuanu Hale, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents that experienced UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nuuanu Hale, 10.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nuuanu Hale, 8.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nuuanu Hale, 1.74% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nuuanu Hale, 95.43% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nuuanu Hale, 13.21% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nuuanu Hale, 18.67% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Nuuanu Hale, 1.11 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nuuanu Hale, 18.67 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Nuuanu Hale, 76.75% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Honolulu, HI
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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