Providence Extended Care
920 Compassion Circle, Anchorage AK 99504 · (907) 212-0259 · 98.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Providence Extended Care is a facility located in Anchorage, Alaska. This city has a total of 242,037 people. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility. It received one of the top grades that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the top 10 facilities in Alaska. This facility also received very consistent scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 96 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. The nursing rating analyzes many components, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides an incredible 6.1 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility the nation. Preventing serious falls is generally an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are employed.
Short-term Care Quality
Compounding its top-shelf performance in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are vital for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by providing more care from registered nurses to its residents than a typical nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a fine long-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being its third strongest category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of providing elite levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.4723 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.78 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Wrapping up its excellent profile, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections. We gave it a grade of B+ for that category. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Providence Extended Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better