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Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

1340 East 300 North,
Price UT 84501

(435) 637-9213

55.89% estimated occupancy ¹

Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere two nursing homes located in Price, Utah. This facility appears to be ranked among the better nursing homes we assessed. A score in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. This facility was also given strong ratings in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an A+ in this category. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Adding to its dominant performance in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A for our short-term care rating. With our short-term care grade, we strive to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition, this nursing home also was given favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a grade of B+. When facilities receive a score 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 we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.81657 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

The last area we looked at is nursing. In this category, we gave this nursing home an above average grade of B. Nursing grades are largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who sustained a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.65% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients that have experienced a UTI. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.85% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 83% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.79% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.9 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Pinnacle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.79 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.