Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness is a small nursing home located in Thermopolis, Wyoming. With a terrible overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Thermopolis. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next section.
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Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of long-term care, this facility was awarded just a D in that category. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final area, this facility did not perform well in this category either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. In computing these short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. With a score this poor in this category, we were not surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in several staffing areas we looked at. The nursing home supplied significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 6.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 2.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 3.25% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 50.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 22.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 3.31% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 13.39% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 13.6% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 13.6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 0% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness, 61.1% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hot Springs County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.42 miles away150 East Arapahoe Thermopolis Wyoming 82443Government - Local(307) 864-3121