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Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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2496 W Charleston Blvd,
Las Vegas NV 89102

63.33% estimated occupancy ¹

Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility is a small facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sporting an overall score of B+, this looks like a high quality facility. Based on our analysis, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

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Nurse Quality

On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in nursing, where it received an A-. Our nursing rating weighs quite a few datapoints, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a patient even once per day.

Facility Inspections

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. We wish we had more data for this nursing home. Without having complete deficiency related data, it was challenging to really evaluate it in the inspections category.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. With our short-term care score, we try to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. We weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we rated was long-term care, in which this nursing home received a grade of B. This nursing home didn't prove to have any weak areas. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 25.000002 percent of its patients, which is slightly lower than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have had a UTI. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 22.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 27.21% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 32% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 47.06% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 47.06% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, 38.21% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.