Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness
1210 Canyon Hills Rd, Thermopolis WY 82443 · (307) 864-5591 · 70.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness is a small nursing home in Thermopolis, Wyoming. This facility received an overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. This place seems to have very little going for it. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were fairly low on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a list of deficiencies flagged. 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. The lack of deficiencies proved to be this place's greatest accomplishment.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. When calculating our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its short-term care rating, which is not a score to write home about. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Given its poor grade, we were not shocked to find that this nursing home provided substantially fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 31.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was long-term care. It received a lowly F in this category, which is an abysmal score. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 76.97369 percent of its residents. This is several points lower than what we expected. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.56 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates 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 metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better