The Living Centre
57 Main St, Stevensville MT 59870 · (406) 777-5411 · 71.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Stevensville, Montana, The Living Centre is the lone nursing home located in the area. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 25 best facilities in Montana. In our view, this facility ought to be a no brainer for most people. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+. There are a host of subcategories within this grade. Many of the datapoints are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 5 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the highest figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls resulting in major injury, this place performed as well as any facility the state. Preventing major falls is generally an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a grade of of A+ for its short-term care grade. In computing these short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it fared better than most nursing homes in the country in this area with 55.7 percent of its residents able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is long-term care, in which this facility was given a B. Believe it or not, this turned out to be this facility's weakest category. A facility could be doing a lot worse when their weakest grade still rates higher than most other facilities. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the significant amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.25926 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.28 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Living Centre Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better