St Luke Community Nursing Home is located in Ronan, Montana, a city with 6,752 people. Sporting an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is among the higher-rated nursing homes we looked at. We could not find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its ratings are just impeccable. If you look below, you can see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong.
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St Luke Community Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an impressive nursing rating. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A. There are a number of criteria included in this category. Most of these criteria relate to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
To add to its high-end assessments in other areas, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third area, this facility was awarded a strong long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Lastly, we looked at inspections. This nursing home received a very impressive grade in this area. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Luke Community Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 6.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 8.51% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 8.57% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have sustained urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 13.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 12.23% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 8.76% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 10.07% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Hospitalizations
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St Luke Community Nursing Home, 10.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Luke Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away107 6th Ave Sw Ronan Montana 59864Voluntary non-profit - Private(406) 676-4441
- Providence St Joseph Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 11.03 miles away6 13th Ave E Polson Montana 59860Voluntary non-profit - Private(406) 883-5377
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Polson10.75 miles away305 Ridgewater Dr Polson Montana 59860Dialysis Stations: 16 (406) 883-3570
- Dci Polson10.87 miles away303 Ridgewater Dr Polson Montana 59860Dialysis Stations: 17 (406) 883-0534