Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center is in Tekamah, Nebraska. Sporting an overall grade of B, this nursing home is a great choice. This place definitely has plenty going for it. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center
- 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 - Limited Liability company
Specialized Services
- Physical Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this facility fared even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. We awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best grades. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, this facility also received a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Short-term care grades are generally used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation To have highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in that area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, 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.
Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 11.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which have suffered falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 2.86% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 11.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 20.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.02% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 8.51% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 14.47% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 14.47% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 11.78% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Tekamah Care and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercyone Oakland Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 13.21 miles away601 East Second St Oakland Nebraska 68045Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 685-5601
- Memorial Community Hospital Mch & Health SystemCritical Access Hospitals 16.07 miles away810 North 22nd St Blair Nebraska 68008Voluntary non-profit - Private(402) 426-1502
- Burgess Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18 miles away1600 Diamond Street Onawa Iowa 51040Voluntary non-profit - Private(712) 423-2311
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Clinic Inc. - Onawa18.2 miles away1620 Diamond St Place Onawa Iowa 51040Dialysis Stations: 12 (712) 433-9720