St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center is one of just two available nursing homes located in Norfolk, Nebraska. We gave this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percentile of all nursing homes in the nation. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
On top of performing well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Therefore, it received one of our best grades in that area with a grade of A+. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 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 the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients even once per day.
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Turning the page to our next area, we gave this facility a grade of A for our long-term care rating. This is a very strong score. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
In the final category, we awarded this facility an A+ for our short-term care grade. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. With our short-term care rating, we strive to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-minus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 5.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 4.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 4% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have had UTI's. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 13.79% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-minus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 21.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 7.24% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-plus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 98.89% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 8.09% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 12.54% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 12.54% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 11.51% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center, 82.06% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Faith Regional Health ServicesAcute Care Hospitals 0.9 miles away2700 West Norfolk Ave Norfolk Nebraska 68701Voluntary non-profit - Church(402) 371-4880
Nearby Dialysis
- Northeast Nebraska Dialysis0.08 miles away1603 Prospect Ave Norfolk Nebraska 68701Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 379-2913
