Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation is one of four available nursing homes in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this is without a doubt a very impressive facility. Impressively, the nursing homes in Idaho Falls received high scores across the board, making this one of the best places in Idaho to find a nursing home. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation
- 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
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first-rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is generally a reliable assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a resident more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B-. While this is its poorest category grade, this is still not a bad grade. In calculating our long-term care ratings, we assess the personal care received by the nursing home's residents. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 95.03546 percent of its residents. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 8.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 5.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who experienced a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 1.55% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which sustained a urinary tract infection. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 20.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 21.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 1.47% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 95.57% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 16.67% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 18.91% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 18.91% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 13.7% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, 82.4% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Idaho Falls, ID
- Overall Rating has a grade of A
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Idaho Falls, Idaho has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Eastern Idaho Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.03 miles away3100 Channing Way Idaho Falls Idaho 83404Proprietary(208) 529-6210
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis - Idaho Falls0.31 miles away2381 E Sunnyside Road Idaho Falls Idaho 83404CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (208) 523-8500
- Gem State Regional Dialysis Center0.54 miles away2225 Teton Plaza Suite A Idaho Falls Idaho 83404Dialysis Stations: 13 (208) 522-4831