Paramount Health and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is among the more impressive facilities we looked at. In our view, this place is a no brainer for most people. As you will find below, this place also performed just fine in our category scores. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Paramount Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this nursing home also earned a score of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.314606 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded a strong short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
In the last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our nursing grade. This completed a very favorable profile. Our nursing score is mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Paramount Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 5.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that suffered from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 0.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 0.57% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that have sustained urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 12.66% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 5.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 8.09% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 97.25% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 7.69% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 17.38% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 17.38% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 16.23% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, 72.88% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Salt Lake City, UT
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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