The Ambassador Omaha
1540 North 72nd Street, Omaha NE 68114 · (402) 393-6500 · 55.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Ambassador Omaha turns out to be one of many nursing home options to select from in Omaha, Nebraska. We awarded this facility world class overall score of A+. Consequently, it graded out better than the average nursing home in Omaha by a wide margin. We flat out can not say enough favorable things about this place. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its long-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 146 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the statistics we considered after this facility's quality nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.281784 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 6.26 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this area, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes based on the medical complexity of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This exemplary facility also excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Short-term care grades are commonly used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. One of this place's strengths is registered nurse hours. This facility offers more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in this area with 69.2 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home also performed admirably in our nursing category. In fact, we gave it an A in that category. This completed truly elite profile. Nursing scores are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provided 6.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is among the more impressive figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by both of these statistics. On top of offering high levels of care, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any facility in the country in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as good measures of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Ambassador Omaha Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better