Quality Living
6404 North 70th Plaza, Omaha NE 68104 · (402) 573-3700 · 78.42% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Quality Living is a nursing home located in Omaha, Nebraska which has 518,429 people. This nursing home received a superb overall grade of A+, resulting in it being ranked among the five best nursing homes in the city. We simply can not say enough good things about this facility. If you look further down this page, you can see this place's category scores, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall rating.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 133 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Facility Inspections
On top of performing well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Therefore, it received one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Inspection scores are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A. Our nursing score considers numerous subcategories. The most important variable is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides an incredible 8.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care. Contributing to its elite profile, this nursing home also excelled in that area. In fact, we gave it a of A for the area. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. This facility's vaccination data lagged a bit behind a few of the other datapoints in this category, such as its nursing hours data. It gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 85.672516 percent of its residents. We would love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home is just about middle of the road in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored is short-term care, where this facility was given an A. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Very few nursing homes earned an A- or higher in every category. Our short-term care grades are important for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This place excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical nursing home. This is a very favorable sign. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home rather than remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Quality Living Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better