Pioneer Care Center
815 South 200 West, Brigham City UT 84302 · (435) 723-5289 · 55.97% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Pioneer Care Center is a small government-owned nursing home in Brigham City, Utah. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 72 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A+. Our short-term care grades are believed to be most meaningful for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Utah in this area with 65.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It received one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. Few facilities with an overall score in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Our nursing category assesses a handful of datapoints, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This place provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Out of this total, more than one quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. We attach more significance to these skilled nursing hours in preparing our nursing grades. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed was long-term care, which was this facility's worst category. It received an F in this area, which is certainly a bit of a concern. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.49624 percent of its residents, which is better than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.74 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad due to it having some more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pioneer Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
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 having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better