Stonehenge of Cedar City is one of just a few facilities located in Cedar City, Utah. Sporting an overall rating of A-, this is clearly an impressive nursing home. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its strong short-term care score, which you can find in the next section.
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Stonehenge of Cedar City
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility also earned an excellent short-term care grade, with an A. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end assessment, this facility also was awarded a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 95.2 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at is nursing. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a favorable grade of B. Our nursing score features numerous factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as good indicators of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Stonehenge of Cedar City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 5.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which suffered from a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 6.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 7.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 6.56% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 97.6% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 13.45% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 10.65% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 10.65% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 15.27% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Stonehenge of Cedar City, 70.6% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cedar City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.27 miles away1303 North Main Street Cedar City Utah 84721Voluntary non-profit - Private(435) 868-5800
Nearby Dialysis
- Iron Mission Dialysis Center0.2 miles away1277 N Northfield Rd Ste a100 Cedar City Utah 84721Dialysis Stations: 12 (435) 867-8175
- Fmc-Cedar City0.27 miles away1320 North Main Street Cedar City Utah 84721Dialysis Stations: 16 (435) 867-8163