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Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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9 14th Ave W,
Polson MT 59860

(406) 883-4378

65.71% estimated occupancy 1

Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Polson, Montana. This city has a population of 9,913 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Polson. The only positive thing we can say about this nursing home is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Although we were not complementary of this facility's overall score, it actually earned an impressive long-term care grade this year. We gave it a B in this area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 95.68346 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facilities next best category was short-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is basically a slightly below average score in this category. Short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. Nursing scores are mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. Although this place got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients more often.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it a score of just D in this category. Inspection ratings relate to a nursing home's inspections. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. Generally, you should be especially cautious when considering a facility with severe deficiencies on a recent inspection report. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, we also want to point out that this place received significant government fines in recent years totaling more than $100,000. This often means that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who have pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.39% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.44% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A+

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 21.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.48% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 96.54% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 20.59% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 25.48% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 25.48% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 17.05% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center, 72.54% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Providence St Joseph Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.12 miles away6 13th Ave E Polson Montana 59860Voluntary non-profit - Private(406) 883-5377
  • St Luke Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.99 miles away107 6th Ave Sw Ronan Montana 59864Voluntary non-profit - Private(406) 676-4441

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dci Polson1.83 miles away303 Ridgewater Dr Polson Montana 59860Dialysis Stations: 17 (406) 883-0534
  • Fresenius Medical Care Polson1.93 miles away305 Ridgewater Dr Polson Montana 59860Dialysis Stations: 16 (406) 883-3570

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=275049