Palolo Chinese Home is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Honolulu, Hawaii. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is a strong score. In fact, this nursing home ended up being one of the top 50 facilities in Hawaii. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Palolo Chinese Home
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing grade. Our nursing grade is largely associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home received a favorable long-term care grade this year, with a B-. Even though this is not quite as dominant as many of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a decent score in this area. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's personal care rather than the skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.993286 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palolo Chinese Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Palolo Chinese Home, 9.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Palolo Chinese Home, 2.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care patients who experienced falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Palolo Chinese Home, 2.46% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Palolo Chinese Home, 10.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Palolo Chinese Home, 10.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Palolo Chinese Home, 0.7% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Palolo Chinese Home, 99.17% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Palolo Chinese Home, 13.33% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Palolo Chinese Home, 22.07% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Palolo Chinese Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Palolo Chinese Home, 22.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Palolo Chinese Home, 8.09% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Palolo Chinese Home, 64.24% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Honolulu, HI
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- 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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