Plaza Healthcare is on a list of 11 facilities in Scottsdale, Arizona. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this is a strong facility. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. The best part of this facility's impressive report card was its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Plaza Healthcare
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- Assisted Living
- Contracted Memory Care
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 - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Blood Administration
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important category. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. It does not appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's impressive category grades came in the area of long-term care. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses were with residents, in computing our rating in this category. This facility provided 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is short-term care, in which this facility received a C. This turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. This is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 3.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Plaza Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Plaza Healthcare, 17.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Plaza Healthcare, 0.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Plaza Healthcare, 0.45% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents that have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Plaza Healthcare, 5.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Plaza Healthcare, 40.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Plaza Healthcare, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Plaza Healthcare, 99.6% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Plaza Healthcare, 4.02% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Plaza Healthcare, 10.29% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Plaza Healthcare, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Plaza Healthcare, 10.29% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Plaza Healthcare, 6.11% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Plaza Healthcare, 80.07% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Scottsdale, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of A
- 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-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
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