Pearl City Nursing Home
919 Lehua Avenue, Pearl City HI 96782 · (808) 453-1919 · 92.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Pearl City Nursing Home is a large nursing home in Pearl City, Hawaii. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the United States. We can't find many bad things to say about this facility. Its scores are just impeccable. The best part of this facility's impressive report card was its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 122 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility an elite grade of A+ for its short-term care rating. Our short-term care ratings are vital for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses to each resident. This is really the gold standard in this area, as it's about 50% higher than the average facility's level of registered nurse staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in the nation in this area with 75 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we gave this facility an A+. Our nursing rating is based on quite a few factors, however, the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These are generally good indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Facility Inspections
Another strong feature for this nursing home is that it excelled in the area of inspections, with a B in that category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a favorable long-term care grade this year, with a grade of B-. While this was not nearly as elite as a few of its other scores, this remains a respectable score in that category. In the category of long-term care, we focus more on the quantity of care offered by a facility, rather than more medically-intensive services. On top of above average nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination record is favorable also. In fact, this facility vaccinated 95.06849 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.62 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pearl City Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better