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Premier Estates of Pierce

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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P O Box 189, 515 East Main Street,
Pierce NE 68767

(402) 329-6228

41.46% estimated occupancy ¹

Premier Estates of Pierce is a senior living facility in Pierce, Nebraska. This city has a total of 3,174 people. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. As far as we can see, this place looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its favorable overall score, we gave this nursing home an A- for the area of inspections. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

This facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing score is largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Nebraska in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients even once per day.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we graded is long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of D in the area of long-term care, rendering this its worst category. For residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.52066 percent of its residents, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Premier Estates of Pierce Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 10.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 0.83% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 0.88% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 36.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 28.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 6.31% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 96.45% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 8.85% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 17.03% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 17.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 14.45% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Premier Estates of Pierce, 86.47% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

Faith Regional Health ServicesAcute Care Hospitals 12.06 miles away2700 West Norfolk Ave Norfolk Nebraska 68701Voluntary non-profit - Church(402) 371-4880