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Nuuanu Hale

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Nuuanu Hale's website

2900 Pali Highway,
Honolulu HI 96817

(808) 595-6311

92.26% estimated occupancy 1

Nuuanu Hale is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, which is among the largest cities in the country. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires quality marks in most areas. Even in a city featuring 19 nursing homes, this nursing home ought to be a quality option. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.

Quick Details

  • 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

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Hawaii badge

Top Nursing Home in Hawaii Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Hawaii badge

Top Nursing Home in Hawaii Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to earning a strong overall score, this facility performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are with residents and the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was given a strong short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care scores this year. In fact, we gave it one of our better scores in that category, with a score of B. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.94239 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Finally, we also awarded this nursing home a score of B- for our inspections category. This nursing home didn't have any major weak links. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient 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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Nuuanu Hale Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Nuuanu Hale, 5.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Nuuanu Hale, 2.13% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Nuuanu Hale, 2.68% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Nuuanu Hale, 9.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Nuuanu Hale, 7.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Nuuanu Hale, 1.5% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Nuuanu Hale, 97.18% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Nuuanu Hale, 11.05% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Nuuanu Hale, 19.95% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A+

In Nuuanu Hale, 0.86 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Nuuanu Hale, 19.95 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Nuuanu Hale, 78.07% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.

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 B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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