Tabitha Residence - Cove House is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, which is among the most densely populated cities in the country. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the most elite facilities we looked at. A score in this range requires top-notch marks across the board. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is a wonderful choice for just about anybody. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category grades. It would be hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Tabitha Residence - Cove House
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received an A+ in short-term care. In crafting our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A+. The nursing grade considers many factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our more favorable grades in this area, with a B. While this wasn't as dominant as a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless a perfectly acceptable grade. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 96.39639 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization 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.
Tabitha Residence - Cove House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 4.12% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 4.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 3.64% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 19.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 34.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 3.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 96.44% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 16.13% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 18.99% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 18.99% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 0% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Tabitha Residence - Cove House, 69.1% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Lincoln, NE
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Bryan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.34 miles away1600 South 48th St Lincoln Nebraska 68506Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 481-1111
- Chi Health St ElizabethAcute Care Hospitals 4.63 miles away555 South 70th St Lincoln Nebraska 68510Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 219-7700
Nearby Dialysis
- South Lincoln Dialysis0.17 miles away3401 Plantation Drive Suite 140 Lincoln Nebraska 68516Dialysis Stations: 8 (402) 421-6011
- Dialysis Center of Lincoln Southwest1.68 miles away5355 South 16th Street Lincoln Nebraska 68512Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 742-8500
- Dialysis Center of Lincoln - Home1.68 miles away5355 South 16th Street Lincoln Nebraska 68512Dialysis Stations: 6 (402) 742-8500
- Capital City Dialysis4.61 miles away307 N 46th St Lincoln Nebraska 68503CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (402) 466-5123
- Dialysis Center of Lincoln5.32 miles away7910 O St. Lincoln Nebraska 68510CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (402) 489-5339
- Dialysis Center of Lincoln Northwest8.06 miles away3211 Salt Creek Cirle Lincoln Nebraska 68504Dialysis Stations: 28 (402) 438-7330